gobba

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔb.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔbba
• Hyphenation: gòb‧ba

Noun

gobba f (plural gobbe)

1. hump, hunch
2. female equivalent of gobbo

Adjective

gobba

1. feminine singular of gobbo

Anagrams

• gabbo, gabbò

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *xab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡobːa/
• Hyphenation: gob‧ba

Noun

gobba f 

1. place
2. country

Declension

Declension of gobba (feminine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	gobba
nominative	gobba	gobba
genitive	gobbate*)	gobba*)
dative	gobbate	gobbara
accusative	gobba*)
ablative	gobbatenni	gobbanni

^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 36