abaka

See also: Abaka, abaká, and abaką

English

Noun

abaka (plural abakas)

1. Alternative spelling of abaca

Translations

plant — see abaca

fiber/fibre — see Manila hemp

Anagrams

• Akaba, Kaaba

Cebuano

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔabaka/ [ˈʔa.bɐ.kɐ]

Noun

ábaka

1. Cebu hemp (Musa textilis); a species of banana tree native to the Philippines
2. the fiber obtained from this plant

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

Noun

abaka

1. Manila hemp; abaca

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Hanunoo

Etymology

Compare Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔa.baˈka]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaká (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜣ) (botany)

1. abaca; Manila hemp

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 17

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔa.baˈka]

Noun

abaká

1. Manila hemp, abaca

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Ibanag

Etymology

From Bikol Central abaka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈka/

Noun

abaka

1. Manila hemp, abaca

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognate with Yami avaka.

Noun

abaka

1. Manila hemp; abaca

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈka]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaká

1. abaca; Manila hemp

Derived terms

• abakaan
• agabaka

Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate with Malay abaka

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

abaka (plural abaka-abaka)

1. abaca plant

References

• “abaka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

Noun

abaka

1. abaca

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Latvian

Noun

abaka m

1. genitive singular of abaks

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [a.ba.kə]
  • Rhymes: -kə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [a.ba.ka]
  • Rhymes: -ka, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaka (Jawi spelling اباک, plural abaka-abaka, informal 1st possessive abakaku, 2nd possessive abakamu, 3rd possessive abakanya)

1. abaca (plant)

   Synonyms: pisang benang, pisang manila, pisang tali

Further reading

• “abaka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

abaka

Wikipedia ^pl

abaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaka f

1. abaca, Manila hemp (fibre of the abaca)

   Synonym: manila

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	abaka	abaki
genitive	abaki	abak
dative	abace	abakom
accusative	abakę	abaki
instrumental	abaką	abakami
locative	abace	abakach
vocative	abako	abaki

Declension of abaka

Further reading

• abaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• abaka in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabaka]

Noun

abaka f (genitive singular abaky, declension pattern of žena)

1. Manila hemp

References

• “abaka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”), from Classical Syriac ܐܳܦܰܩܬܳܐ (ʾāpaqtā), ܐܰܦܩܰܥܬܳܐ (ʾap̄qaʿtā, “de-seeded cotton”). According to Potet (2013), Muslim marine merchants imposed their term on their suppliers so that native terms died out in the Philippines.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈxa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

Noun

abaká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃ)

1. Manila hemp; abaca

   Si Pedro ay gumamit ng abaka sa pagtali ng kahoy.

   Pedro used abaca to tie the wood together.

Descendants

• → Aragonese: abacá
• → Galician: abacá
• → Malay: abaka
• → Portuguese: abacá
• → Spanish: abacá
  • → English: abaca
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

See also

• sinamay

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

Anagrams

• Kaaba