babba

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babˈba/ [bʌbˈbʌ]
• Hyphenation: bab‧ba

Noun

babbá m 

1. dad

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapːa/
• Rhymes: -apːa
• Homophone: babbað

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bō-. Compare Saterland Frisian Baabe (“father, dad”).

Noun

babba m (genitive singular babba, plural babba)

1. (familiar) dad, daddy

Synonyms

• faðir, pápi

Etymology 2

Verb

babba (third person singular past indicative babbaði, third person plural past indicative babbaðu, supine babbað)

1. to kid

Conjugation

Conjugation of babba (group v-30)

infinitive	babba
supine	babbað
	present	past
first singular	babbi	babbaði
second singular	babbar	babbaði
third singular	babbar	babbaði
plural	babba	babbaðu
participle (a6)1	babbandi	babbaður
	imperative
singular	babba!
plural	babbið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• møsna, tvætla, roksa, svassa