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holba

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Alabama

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Muskogean *a-xokʷa (“to imitate, to copy”). Infixed with -l-. Cognate to Chickasaw holba.

Noun

holba

  1. art
  2. any image

Verb

holba

  1. to create an image

Chickasaw

Etymology

From Proto-Muskogean *xokʷa, interfixed with -l- (v1. formative). Compare Choctaw holba, Alabama holba.

Verb

holba

  1. (stative, intransitive) to be photographed

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)
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Derived terms

  • aaholba
  • hohó̱lba
  • holbachi
  • holbaꞌ
  • hó̱lba
  • ikholbo
  • i̱holba
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Romanian

Alternative forms

  • holbi, înholbi, înholba

Etymology

Inherited from Latin volvere (“turn, tumble”), with a change in conjugation; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”). Compare Aromanian nvolbu, nvulbari, volbu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

a holba (third-person singular present holbează, past participle holbat) 1st conjugation

  1. to goggle, stare at, ogle
    Synonyms: zgâi; (Banat) bâzgoi

Conjugation

    conjugation of holba (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
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