asba

Juba Arabic

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic أصبع (ʔaṣbaʕ), from Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasba/, [ˈas.ba]

Noun

asba (plural asaabe)

1. finger

References

• Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎^[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 122
• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 151