abarka

Bambara

Alternative forms

• abarika

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [àbarka]

Interjection

abarka

1. thanks

   baba, abarka !

   Dad, thanks !

   abarka Ala ye !

   Thanks God !

   abarka !

   lower the price! (during a bargain, when the sum seems too high)

Synonyms

• saha

Basque

Etymology

Probably from abar (“small branch”) +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /abarka/ [a.β̞ar.ka]
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: a‧bar‧ka

Noun

abarka inan

1. sandal

Declension

Declension of abarka (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abarka	abarka	abarkak
ergative	abarkak	abarkak	abarkek
dative	abarkari	abarkari	abarkei
genitive	abarkaren	abarkaren	abarken
comitative	abarkarekin	abarkarekin	abarkekin
causative	abarkarengatik	abarkarengatik	abarkengatik
benefactive	abarkarentzat	abarkarentzat	abarkentzat
instrumental	abarkaz	abarkaz	abarkez
inessive	abarkatan	abarkan	abarketan
locative	abarkatako	abarkako	abarketako
allative	abarkatara	abarkara	abarketara
terminative	abarkataraino	abarkaraino	abarketaraino
directive	abarkatarantz	abarkarantz	abarketarantz
destinative	abarkatarako	abarkarako	abarketarako
ablative	abarkatatik	abarkatik	abarketatik
partitive	abarkarik	—	—
prolative	abarkatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• abarkadun (“peasant”)
• abarkagile (“sandal maker”)
• abarkagin (“sandal maker”)
• abarkagintza (“sandal making”)
• abarkari (“sandal shoelace”)
• abarketa (“espadrille”)
• abarketagintza (“espadrille making”)
• abarketari (“espadrille maker”)

 

Descendants

• → Andalusian Arabic: بَرْغَة (barḡa)
  • →⇒ Spanish: alpargata
• Aragonese: abarca
• → Old Spanish: abarga
  • Spanish: abarca

Further reading

• “abarka”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “abarka”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish abarcar

Verb

abarka

1. to embrace
2. to include, encompass, contain, make up

See also

• abarká

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abarcar, variant of abracar, contracted from Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre, a verb based on Latin bracchium (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabaɾˈka/ [ʔɐ.bɐɾˈka]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧bar‧ka

Noun

abarká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇ᜔ᜃ)

1. act of monopolizing or hoarding everything

   Synonyms: lagom, akapara

Derived terms

• abarkahan
• abarkahin
• iabarka
• mag-abarka
• pag-abarka

 

Related terms

• abarkador
• braso

 

See also

• angkin
• ari
• kopo
• sakop

 

Further reading

• “abarka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 3
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 2