sababu

Fula

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).

Noun

sababu

1. reason, cause, motive

Alternative forms

• sabaabe

See also

• sabimmbingol

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Krio

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá.bá.bù/

Noun

sábábù

1. permission
2. benevolent help

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).

Pronunciation

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Noun

sababu class IX (plural sababu class X)

1. motive
2. reason
3. cause

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -sababisha (“to cause”)
  • Stative: -sababika

• Other derivations:
  • kwa sababu (“because”)

Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay سبب (sebab), from Arabic سَبَبْ (sabab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa.ˈba.bu]

Conjunction

sababu (Jawi سبب)

1. because

Alternative forms

• sabab (with vowel deletion)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh