# saba
## English
### Etymology 1

Alternative form of sapa

#### Noun

saba (uncountable)
* (cooking) A sweet grape syrup made from grape must
** 2007 January 3, Florence Fabricant, “In Rustic Greek Dishes, a Fresh Approach to Ancient Flavors”, in New York Times‎:Gar, a long, skinny fish, was cooked and served in thick grape syrup, like saba, the Italian grape must.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog saba.

#### Noun

saba (uncountable)
* A triploid hybrid banana cultivar from the Philippines (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana).

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 鯖.

#### Noun

saba (uncountable)
* (cooking) Mackerel.

### Anagrams

* AABs, BSAA, Basa, Saab, abas, baas, basa, à bas

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Latin sapa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaba/
* Rhymes: -aba
* Syllabification: sa‧ba

### Noun

saba f
* (botany) sap

#### Alternative forms

* sapia

## Catalan
### Etymology

Latin sapa.

### Pronunciation

IPA: (Central) [ˈsa.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsa.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsa.ba]

### Noun

saba f (plural sabes)
* (botany) sap

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* sab-a

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: sa‧ba

### Noun

saba
* a saba banana

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Arabic صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ)

### Noun

saba (accusative sabanı, plural sabalar)
* morning

#### Derived terms

* sabada
* sabadan
* sabaleyin
* sabalıq
* sabalıq aşamaq
* sabalıq yemek

### References

* “saba”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sapa, from Proto-Baltic *stabara-, compare Lithuanian stabaras (“dried branch”) and Latvian stebere (“cow's tail”). Cognate to Finnish saparo, Ingrian sapara (“pig's tail”), and Karelian sapero, saparo (“tail”).

### Noun

saba (genitive saba, partitive saba)
* tail

#### Declension
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese savãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sabana, from sabanum, from Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon). Cognate with Spanish sábana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaβa̝/

### Noun

saba f (plural sabas)
* sheet, bedsheet
    Synonyms: lenzo, lenzó
** 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa que seia huun almadraque et tres cabeçaes anchos et huun traueyseyro de pluma laurado et quatro faceyroas et duas sauaas et hua colcha et huun panal et huun alfamare et duas almadraquias (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* cambium

#### Related terms

* sabela
* sabelo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “savãa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sauaa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “saba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ilocano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈba/ [sɐˈba]
* Hyphenation: sa‧ba

### Noun

sabá
* banana

#### Derived terms

* ukis ti saba

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Sundanese ᮞᮘ (saba), from Javanese ꦱꦧ (saba), from Old Javanese sabhā, from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā, “meeting”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsaba]
* Hyphenation: sa‧ba

### Verb

saba
* to go outside the home

#### Affixed terms

* bersaba
* menyaba

#### Related terms

* paseban

### Further reading

* “saba” 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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

saba
* Rōmaji transcription of さば

## Javanese
### Romanization

saba
* Romanization of ꦱꦧ

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /saˈba/ [sʌˈba]
** IPA: (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /haˈba/ [hʌˈba]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: sa‧ba

### Noun

sabá
* banana

#### Synonyms

Southern / Central :
| Mt. Province | Tadian | saba, (Lubon) haba, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) haba |
| Mt. Province | Bauko | saba, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) haba |
| Mt. Province | Sabangan | saba, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) saba, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) haba |
| Northern / Applai |||
| Mt. Province | Sagada | saba, (Tanulong) sagha |

## Kassonke
### Numeral

saba
* three

## Mwani
### Numeral

saba
* seven

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin sapa (“thickened wine”). Cognate with Catalan saba, French sève.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaβo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

saba f (plural sabas)
* (botany) sap

#### Derived terms

* sabar

## Phuthi
### Verb

-sába
* to fear
* to be afraid of

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin sapa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsaba/

### Noun

saba f (uncountable)
* (winemaking) cooked, condensed must

### See also

* binu

## Southern Ndebele
### Verb

-sába
* to fear

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Numeral

saba (invariable)
* seven

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda |
| 1— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara |
| 2— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa |
| 3— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa |
| 4— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa |
| 5— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa |
| 6— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa |
| 7— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa |
| 8— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa |
| 9— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |

### Noun

saba class IX (plural saba class X)
* (card games) seven

### See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text) :
| ree, rea, rei | mbili | tatu | nne | tano | sita | saba |
| nane | tisa | kumi | ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu | malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi | mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha | jokari |

### References

* Johansen, Aimee (2003) “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎, volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104
* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137 Nr. 1236

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sabʔa (“banana”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabəqa (“cooking banana”). Compare Ilocano saba, Pangasinan seba, Kapampangan saba, Hanunoo sab-a, Bikol Central sa-ba, and Cebuano sab-a.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /saˈba/ [sɐˈba]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: sa‧ba

### Noun

sabá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊ)
* saba banana (a Philippine cultivar of banana)
    May binebentang saba si Aling Conching.Miss Conching sells some saba bananas.

### Further reading

* “saba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sabeqa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* basa, saab, Basa

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From Hausa sābā̀ (“to be accustomed to doing something”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sá.bà/

### Adverb

sábà
* usually, often
    Synonym: lọ́pọ̀ ìgbà

## Zulu
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

-saba
* (intransitive) to stand scattered around while feeding

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

Clipping of -esaba.

#### Verb

-sába
* Alternative form of -esaba

##### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “saɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “saɓa (6.3)”
* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “saɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “saɓa (3.9)”