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mahaba

See also: mahaba'

Asi

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Etymology

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From ma- +‎ haba.

Adjective

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mahabà

  1. long

Nubi

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).

Noun

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mahába

  1. love

References

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  • Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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mahaba (ma class, plural only)

  1. love, romance
    Synonym: mapenzi

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 68 Nr. 580
  2. ^ Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎[1], volume 22, →ISSN, page 75 of 72-103: “Another common synonym for ‘love’ is mahaba (in Arabic mahabba), derived from the Arabic root /ḥbb/.”

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From ma- +‎ haba.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mahabà (plural mahahaba, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜊ)

  1. long
    Antonym: maiksi

Inflection

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    Degrees of mahaba
positive singular plural root
mahaba mahahaba haba
superiority inferiority equality
singular plural singular plural singular plural
comparative mas mahaba mas mahahaba hindi gaanong mahaba hindi gaanong mahahaba kasinghaba
relative absolute
singular plural singular plural singular plural
superlative ang pinakamahaba ang pinakamahahaba napakamahaba napakamahahaba pagkahaba pagkahaba-haba

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