abarka

Bambara

Alternative forms

abarika

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [àbarka]

Interjection

abarka

thanks
baba, abarka !
Dad, thanks !

abarka Ala ye !
Thanks God !

abarka !
lower the price! (during a bargain, when the sum seems too high)

Synonyms

saha

Basque

Etymology

Probably from abar (“small branch”) +‎ -ka.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abarka/, [a.β̞ar.ka]

Noun

abarka inan

sandal

Declension

Declension of abarka (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	abarka	abarka	abarkak
ergative	abarkak	abarkak	abarkek
dative	abarkari	abarkari	abarkei
genitive	abarkaren	abarkaren	abarken
comitative	abarkarekin	abarkarekin	abarkekin
causative	abarkarengatik	abarkarengatik	abarkengatik
benefactive	abarkarentzat	abarkarentzat	abarkentzat
instrumental	abarkaz	abarkaz	abarkez
inessive	abarkatan	abarkan	abarketan
locative	abarkatako	abarkako	abarketako
allative	abarkatara	abarkara	abarketara
terminative	abarkataraino	abarkaraino	abarketaraino
directive	abarkatarantz	abarkarantz	abarketarantz
destinative	abarkatarako	abarkarako	abarketarako
ablative	abarkatatik	abarkatik	abarketatik
partitive	abarkarik	—	—
prolative	abarkatzat	—	—

Derived terms

abarkadun (“peasant”)
abarkagile (“sandal maker”)
abarkagin (“sandal maker”)
abarkagintza (“sandal making”)
abarkari (“sandal shoelace”)
abarketa (“espadrille”)
abarketagintza (“espadrille making”)
abarketari (“espadrille maker”)

Descendants

→ Andalusian Arabic: بَرْغَة‎ (barḡa)
- →⇒ Spanish: alpargata
Aragonese: abarca
→ Old Spanish: abarga
- Spanish: abarca

References

“abarka” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

"abarka" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
“abarka” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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