raba
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Pronunciation
Noun
rába m
References
Etymology 1
Cognate to Finnish rapa (“dirt”). Most likely from Proto-Norse *draƀa-. Compare.Swedish drav.
Noun
raba (genitive raba, partitive raba)
- moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)
Declension
| Declension of raba (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | raba | rabad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | raba | ||
| genitive | rabade | ||
| partitive | raba | rabu rabasid | |
| illative | rappa rabasse |
rabadesse rabusse | |
| inessive | rabas | rabades rabus | |
| elative | rabast | rabadest rabust | |
| allative | rabale | rabadele rabule | |
| adessive | rabal | rabadel rabul | |
| ablative | rabalt | rabadelt rabult | |
| translative | rabaks | rabadeks rabuks | |
| terminative | rabani | rabadeni | |
| essive | rabana | rabadena | |
| abessive | rabata | rabadeta | |
| comitative | rabaga | rabadega | |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *rapa, from Proto-Norse *draƀa-. Compare.Swedish drav.
Noun
raba (genitive raba, partitive raba)
- sediment left over after the creation of beer or kvass
Declension
| Declension of raba (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | raba | rabad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | raba | ||
| genitive | rabade | ||
| partitive | raba | rabasid | |
| illative | rappa rabasse |
rabadesse | |
| inessive | rabas | rabades | |
| elative | rabast | rabadest | |
| allative | rabale | rabadele | |
| adessive | rabal | rabadel | |
| ablative | rabalt | rabadelt | |
| translative | rabaks | rabadeks | |
| terminative | rabani | rabadeni | |
| essive | rabana | rabadena | |
| abessive | rabata | rabadeta | |
| comitative | rabaga | rabadega | |
Etymology
From rabo (“turnip”).
Pronunciation
Noun
raba m (plural rabas)
- turnip greens
- a bait made with roe
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “raba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
raba
- to touch (make physical contact with)
- Synonym: jamah
- 1949, Chairil Anwar, Mirat Muda, Chairil Muda:
- Mirat raba urut Chairil, raba dada
Dan tahulah dia kini- The mirror massages Chairil, touches his chest
And now he knows
- The mirror massages Chairil, touches his chest
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Minangkabau raba.
Adjective
raba
Derived terms
Further reading
- “raba” 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.
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
raba f (plural rabe)
- (historical) denoting: [from 5th to 16th c.]
- (Sicily) a grain warehouse
- (Genoa) a warehouse with a marketplace in front of it (the only allowed location for grain sale)
- (Pisa) the fee paid by merchants in order to deposit their goods in public trading posts
Further reading
- raba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Romanization
raba
Pronunciation
Verb
raba
- inflection of rahpat:
Verb
·raba
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aba
- Syllabification: ra‧ba
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
raba f
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Synonym of maciora (“sow”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
raba m
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “raba”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 307
Etymology
Variation of rabo.
Noun
raba f (plural rabas)
Pronunciation
Noun
rába f
- use (act of using)
Inflection
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Pronunciation
Verb
raba
- (transitive) to seize, confiscate
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rapa.
Noun
raba
Inflection
| Inflection of raba (inflection type 6/kuva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | raba | ||
| genitive sing. | raban | ||
| partitive sing. | rabad | ||
| partitive plur. | — | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | raba | — | |
| accusative | raban | — | |
| genitive | raban | — | |
| partitive | rabad | — | |
| essive-instructive | raban | — | |
| translative | rabaks | — | |
| inessive | rabas | — | |
| elative | rabaspäi | — | |
| illative | rabaha | — | |
| adessive | rabal | — | |
| ablative | rabalpäi | — | |
| allative | rabale | — | |
| abessive | rabata | — | |
| comitative | rabanke | — | |
| prolative | rabadme | — | |
| approximative I | rabanno | — | |
| approximative II | rabannoks | — | |
| egressive | rabannopäi | — | |
| terminative I | rabahasai | — | |
| terminative II | rabalesai | — | |
| terminative III | rabassai | — | |
| additive I | rabahapäi | — | |
| additive II | rabalepäi | — | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “гуща”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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