abaw

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔabaw/ [ˈʔa.baʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: a‧baw

Noun

abaw (Basahan spelling ᜀᜊᜏ᜔)

1. haughtiness; aloofness
2. arrogance

   Synonym: hambog

Derived terms

• abaw-abaw

Ghomara

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-βaw, from a wanderwort that seems to be related somehow to Indo-European forms. Compare Proto-Germanic *baunō.

Pronunciation

• (Iɛraben) IPA^(key): [ɛβɛw]

Noun

abaw m (plural ibawen, feminine equivalent tabawt)

1. broad bean

   Iddez ibawen s usɣar. ― He crushed the broad beans with a stick.

Declension

Inflection of abaw

	singular	plural
free state	abaw	ibawen
annexed state	ubaw	ibawen

References

• Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎^[1], Leiden

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbaw/ [ʔaˈbɐw]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: a‧baw

Interjection

abáw (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜯ᜴)

1. an exclamation of wonder

See also

• aba
• ago
• agod

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 18

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-βaw, from a wanderwort that seems to be related somehow to Indo-European forms. Compare Proto-Germanic *baunō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaw/

Noun

abaw m (plural ibawen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴰⵡ)

1. broad bean

   U itakka Rebbi ibawen ɣa i wa a yellan cay ɣur-es itaɣṣin.

   God gives broad beans only to the one who has no teeth (said to someone who does not take advantage of what is offered to them).

Declension

Inflection of abaw

	singular	plural
free state	abaw	ibawen
annexed state	ubaw	ibawen

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[2], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[3], Paris, France: HAL

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• ibiw, abun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *a-βaw, from a wanderwort that seems to be related somehow to Indo-European forms. Compare Proto-Germanic *baunō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaw/

Noun

abaw m (plural ibawn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⴰⵡ, Arabic spelling آباو)

1. broad bean

   آر ياكّا ربّي يباون ي غوالّي ور يطّافن وخسان

   ar yakka ṛbbi ibawn i ɣwa lli ur iṭṭafn uxsan

   God gives broad beans to the one who has no teeth (said to someone who does not take advantage of the opportunity offered to him).

Inflection

Inflection of abaw

	singular	plural
free state	abaw	ibawn
annexed state	ubaw	yibawn

Derived terms

• addag n yibawn (“a bean plant”)
• ibawn n taɣznt (“Anagyris”)
• ibawn ur brinin (“dish of dried beans”)
• tagffut n ubaw (“a bean plant”)

See also

• ikikr (“peas”)
• tilintit (“lentil”)
• tirmt (“meal”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 35a

Tatar

Interjection

abaw

1. Latin spelling of абау (abaw)