saba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saba"

English

Etymology 1

Alternative form of sapa.

Noun

saba (uncountable)

1. (cooking) A sweet grape syrup made from grape must
   • 2007 January 3, Florence Fabricant, “In Rustic Greek Dishes, a Fresh Approach to Ancient Flavors”, in New York Times‎:

     Gar, a long, skinny fish, was cooked and served in thick grape syrup, like saba, the Italian grape must.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog saba.

Noun

saba (uncountable)

1. A triploid hybrid banana cultivar from the Philippines (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 鯖.

Noun

saba (uncountable)

1. (cooking) Mackerel.

Anagrams

• AABs, BSAA, Basa, Saab, abas, baas, basa, à bas

Aragonese

Etymology

Latin sapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaba/
• Syllabification: sa‧ba
• Rhymes: -aba

Noun

saba f

1. (botany) sap

Alternative forms

• sapia

Catalan

Etymology

Latin sapa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsa.βə]

• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsa.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsa.ba]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

saba f (plural sabes)

1. (botany) sap

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• sab-a

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧ba

Noun

saba

1. a saba banana

Chichewa

Etymology

From -sa- (“negative infix”) +‎ ba (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɓa/

Verb

-saba (infinitive kusába)

1. Negative form of -ba
   1. to not steal

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ)

Noun

saba (accusative sabanı, plural sabalar)

1. morning

Declension

Declension of saba

	singular	plural
nominative	saba	sabalar
genitive	sabanıñ	sabalarnıñ
dative	sabağa	sabalarğa
accusative	sabanı	sabalarnı
locative	sabada	sabalarda
ablative	sabadan	sabalardan

Derived terms

• sabada
• sabadan
• sabaleyin
• sabalıq
• sabalıq aşamaq
• sabalıq yemek

References

• “saba”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sapa, from Proto-Baltic *stabara-, compare Lithuanian stabaras (“dried branch”) and Latvian stebere (“cow's tail”). Cognate to Finnish saparo, Ingrian sapara (“pig's tail”), and Karelian sapero, saparo (“tail”).

Noun

saba (genitive saba, partitive saba)

1. tail

Declension

Declension of saba (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		saba	sabad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	saba
genitive			sabade
partitive		saba	sabu sabasid
illative		sappa sabasse	sabadesse sabusse
inessive		sabas	sabades sabus
elative		sabast	sabadest sabust
allative		sabale	sabadele sabule
adessive		sabal	sabadel sabul
ablative		sabalt	sabadelt sabult
translative		sabaks	sabadeks sabuks
terminative		sabani	sabadeni
essive		sabana	sabadena
abessive		sabata	sabadeta
comitative		sabaga	sabadega

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese savãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sabana, from sabanum, from Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon). Cognate with Spanish sábana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaβa̝/

Noun

saba f (plural sabas)

1. sheet, bedsheet

   Synonyms: lenzo, lenzó

   • 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:

     It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa que seia huun almadraque et tres cabeçaes anchos et huun traueyseyro de pluma laurado et quatro faceyroas et duas sauaas et hua colcha et huun panal et huun alfamare et duas almadraquias

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. cambium

Related terms

• sabela
• sabelo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “savãa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “sauaa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saba”, 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), “saba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈba/ [sɐˈba]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ba

Noun

sabá

1. banana

Derived terms

• ukis ti saba

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮞᮘ (saba), from Javanese ꦱꦧ (saba), from Old Javanese sabhā, from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā, “meeting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaba]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ba

Verb

saba

1. to go outside the home

Affixed terms

• bersaba
• menyaba

Related terms

• paseban

Further reading

• “saba” 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.

Japanese

Romanization

saba

1. Rōmaji transcription of さば

Javanese

Romanization

saba

1. romanization of ꦱꦧ

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈba/ [sʌˈba]
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /haˈba/ [hʌˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sa‧ba

Noun

sabá

1. banana

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of saba

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	saba, (Lubon) haba, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) haba
	Bauko	saba, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) haba
	Sabangan	saba, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) saba, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) haba
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	saba, (Tanulong) sagha

Kassonke

Numeral

saba

1. three

Mwani

Numeral

saba

1. seven

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin sapa (“thickened wine”). Cognate with Catalan saba, French sève.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaβo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

saba f (plural sabas)

1. (botany) sap

Derived terms

• sabar

Phuthi

Verb

-sába

1. to fear
2. to be afraid of

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin sapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaba/

Noun

saba f (uncountable)

1. (winemaking) cooked, condensed must

See also

• binu

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-sába

1. to fear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.