abal

See also: abál and Ábal

Abu'

Noun

abal

1. water

References

• Otto Nekitel. 1985. Sociolinguistic Aspects of Abu', a Papuan Language of the Sepik Area, Papua New Guinea. Doctoral dissertation, Australian National University, p.81

Afar

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈabal/ [ˈʔʌbʌl]
• Hyphenation: a‧bal

Noun

ábal m (plural abalwá f or abaloolá f)

1. (Northern Afar) game
2. (Northern Afar) amusement

Declension

Declension of ábal
absolutive	ábal
predicative	ábala
subjective	ábal
genitive	ábal
Postpositioned forms l-case ábalal k-case ábalak t-case ábalat h-case ábalah

Synonyms

• (Southern dialects) digír

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /aˈbal/ [ʔʌˈbʌl]
• Hyphenation: a‧bal

Verb

abál

1. imperative singular of abalé

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “àbal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Didier Morin (2012), “ABAL”, in Dictionnaire afar-français (Djibouti, Erythrée, Ethiopie), Karthala, →ISBN, page 61

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish aval (“endorsement, guarantee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abal/ [a.β̞al]
• Rhymes: -abal, -al
• Hyphenation: a‧bal

Noun

abal inan

1. guarantee (legal assurance of something)

Declension

Declension of abal (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	abal	abala	abalak	abalok
ergative	abalek	abalak	abalek	abalok
dative	abali	abalari	abalei	abaloi
genitive	abalen	abalaren	abalen	abalon
comitative	abalekin	abalarekin	abalekin	abalokin
causative	abalengatik	abalarengatik	abalengatik	abalongatik
benefactive	abalentzat	abalarentzat	abalentzat	abalontzat
instrumental	abalez	abalaz	abalez	abalotaz
inessive	abaletan	abalean	abaletan	abalotan
locative	abaletako	abaleko	abaletako	abalotako
allative	abaletara	abalera	abaletara	abalotara
terminative	abaletaraino	abaleraino	abaletaraino	abalotaraino
directive	abaletarantz	abalerantz	abaletarantz	abalotarantz
destinative	abaletarako	abalerako	abaletarako	abalotarako
ablative	abaletatik	abaletik	abaletatik	abalotatik
partitive	abalik	—	—	—
prolative	abaltzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• abal-emaile (“guarantor”)
• abala eman (“to guarantee”)
• abalatu (“to guarantee”)
• abaldun (“guarantee”)

Further reading

• “abal”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “abal”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bukiyip

Noun

abal

1. water

References

• Robert J Conrad, Kepas Wogiga, An Outline of Bukiyip Grammar (1991)

Golin

Noun

abal

1. woman

References

• Gordon Bunn, Golin Grammar (1974)

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Ketapang) IPA^(key): /a.bal/

Noun

abal (plural abal-abal or abal²)

1. (Ketapang) cloud

Synonyms

• awan (standard)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.bɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɑ.bɑl

Noun

abal m

1. alternative form of afol

Simalungun Batak

Noun

abal

1. footpath for human

References

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 20.

Tboli

Noun

abal

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

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Noun

abal

1. (eastern dialect) pandanus

References

• Shnukal, Anna. (1994) 'Torres Strait Creole' in Macquarie Aboriginal Words, p. 389.

Wolof

Alternative forms

• aal

Etymology

From àbb +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabal/

• Audio:

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Verb

abal

1. to lend

References

• Jean-Léopold Diouf (2003), Dictionnaire wolof-français et français-wolof (in French), France: Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 44