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See also: Caba, CABA, cába, çaba, Çaba, and Ćaba

English

Noun

caba (plural cabas)

  1. (dated) A cabas, or lady's bag.
    • 1860, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, The haunted homestead: and other nouvellettes, page 279:
      Mrs. Sherbourne [] hurriedly searched her pocket, her caba, and her muff, without finding the lost treasure.

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From Spanish acabar (to finish).

Verb

caba

  1. (Saint-Domingue) to finish
    Nou caba planté pièce la vou té ordonné.We finished planting the place you ordered.

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: kaba

References

  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kaba.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ba

Noun

caba f (plural cabas)

  1. (Amazonas, Pará) wasp
    Synonyms: vespa, marimbondo, cabatão

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جابا (caba).

Noun

caba (definite accusative cabayı, plural cabalar)

  1. free

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

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