pab

See also: PAB

Volapük

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pab]

Noun

pab (nominative plural pabs)

  1. (inclusive term) butterfly or moth (compare German Falter)
  2. butterfly (compare German Tagfalter)
  3. moth (compare German Nachtfalter)

Declension
declension of pab
singular plural
nominative pab pabs
genitive paba pabas
dative pabe pabes
accusative pabi pabis
vocative 1 o pab! o pabs!
predicative 2 pabu pabus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms
  • delapab
  • neitapab

See also

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pap, from Proto-Brythonic *pab, from Vulgar Latin *păpa form Latin pāpa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paːb/
  • Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

pab m (plural pabau)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) pope

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pab bab mhab phab
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 幫 (MC pang, “to help, assist”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa˥/

Verb

pab

  1. to help, aid, assist, serve, support
    Kuv pab nws sau ntawv. ― I help him write.

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
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