habuuba

Juba Arabic

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic حبوبة (ḥabbōba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)aˈbuba/, [(h)aˈbu.ba]

Noun

habuuba

1. grandmother

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 138
• 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 24