abla

abla

1. (Kirikiri) tongue

• oma (Faia)

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

• IPA^(key): /ˈavla/

abla

1. inflection of aball:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural

From Spanish hablar.

abla

1. to speak

abla

1. speech

Borrowed from Spanish habla (“speech”). Doublet of habla.

• Hyphenation: ab‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔabla/, [ˈʔab.lɐ]
• IPA^(key): /ʔabˈla/, [ʔɐbˈla]

abla or ablá

1. idle talk; too much talk; surplus talk

   Synonyms: daldal, satsat

• “abla” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.

From Ottoman Turkish ابلا‎ (abla, “elder sister”), most likely from earlier *appa, from Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Compare ebe (“aunt, midwife”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑbɫɑ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ab‧la

abla (definite accusative ablayı, plural ablalar)

1. older sister
2. (slang) brothel mistress, whorehouse madam

   Synonyms: mama, çaça

• bacı
• kız kardeş