mahaba

See also: mahaba'

Asi

Etymology

From ma- ‎ haba.

Adjective

mahabà

1. long

Nubi

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).

Noun

mahába

1. love

References

• Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mahaba (ma class, plural only)

1. love, romance

   Synonym: mapenzi

Further reading

• Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015) “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎^[2], volume 22, →ISSN, page 83-84 of 72-103

Tagalog

Etymology

From ma- ‎ haba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈhabaʔ/ [mɐˈhaː.bɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -abaʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧ha‧ba

Adjective

mahabà (plural mahahaba, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜊ)

1. long

   Antonym: maiksi

Inflection

    Degrees of mahaba

positive			singular	plural	root
			mahaba	mahahaba	haba
	superiority		inferiority		equality
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
comparative	mas mahaba	mas mahahaba	hindi gaanong mahaba	hindi gaanong mahahaba	kasinghaba
	relative		absolute
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
superlative	ang pinakamahaba	ang pinakamahahaba	napakamahaba	napakamahahaba	pagkahaba	pagkahaba-haba

Derived terms

• mahaba ang pasensiya
• Mahabang Dahilig
• Mahabang Parang

 

Related terms

• mahabaan

 

Further reading

• “mahaba”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “mahaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018