# abaka
## English
### Noun

abaka (plural abakas)
* Alternative spelling of abaca

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Akaba, Kaaba

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka
* IPA: /ˈʔabaka/ [ˈʔa.bɐ.kɐ]

### Noun

ábaka
* Cebu hemp (Musa textilis); a species of banana tree native to the Philippines
* the fiber obtained from this plant

### References

* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

### Noun

abaka
* Manila hemp; abaca

### References

* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

Compare Tagalog abaka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔa.baˈka]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

### Noun

abaká (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜣ) (botany)
* abaca; Manila hemp

### 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 17

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔa.baˈka]

### Noun

abaká
* Manila hemp, abaca

### References

* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

## Ibanag
### Etymology

From Bikol Central abaka.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ʔabaˈka/

### Noun

abaka
* Manila hemp, abaca

## Ibatan
### Etymology

Cognate with Yami avaka.

### Noun

abaka
* Manila hemp; abaca

## Ilocano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈka]
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka

### Noun

abaká
* abaca; Manila hemp

#### Derived terms

* abakaan
* agabaka

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Cognate with Malay abaka

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

abaka (plural abaka-abaka)
* abaca plant

### References

* “abaka” 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.

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”).

### Noun

abaka
* abaca

### References

* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

## Latvian
### Noun

abaka m
* genitive singular of abaks

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abaka.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [a.ba.kə]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -kə, -ə
* (Baku) IPA: [a.ba.ka]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -ka, -a
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ka

### Noun

abaka (Jawi spelling اباک, plural abaka-abaka, informal 1st possessive abakaku, 2nd possessive abakamu, 3rd possessive abakanya)
* abaca (plant)
    Synonyms: pisang benang, pisang manila, pisang tali

### Further reading

* “abaka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈba.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

### Noun

abaka f
* abaca, Manila hemp (fibre of the abaca)
    Synonym: manila

#### Declension
### Further reading

* abaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* abaka in PWN's encyclopedia

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈabaka]

### Noun

abaka f (genitive singular abaky, declension pattern of žena)
* Manila hemp

### References

* “abaka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبَق (ʔabaq, “abaca”), from Classical Syriac ܐܳܦܰܩܬܳܐ (ʾāpaqtā), ܐܰܦܩܰܥܬܳܐ (ʾap̄qaʿtā, “de-seeded cotton”). According to Potet (2013), Muslim marine merchants imposed their term on their suppliers so that native terms died out in the Philippines.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔabaˈka/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈxa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧ka

### Noun

abaká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜃ)
* Manila hemp; abaca
    Si Pedro ay gumamit ng abaka sa pagtali ng kahoy.Pedro used abaca to tie the wood together.

#### Descendants

* → Aragonese: abacá
* → Chamorro: åbaka
* → Galician: abacá
* → Malay: abaka
* → Portuguese: abacá
* → Spanish: abacá
** → English: abaca
*** → Norwegian Bokmål: abaca

#### See also

* sinamay

### References

* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131

### Anagrams

* Kaaba