xiba

Afar

Etymology

Cognate with Saho dhiba (“war”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖiˈba/ [ɖɪˈbʌ]
• Hyphenation: xi‧ba

Noun

xibá f 

1. scar

Declension

Declension of xibá
absolutive	xibá
predicative	xibá
subjective	xibá
genitive	xibá
Postpositioned forms l-case xibál k-case xibák t-case xibát h-case xibáh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xiba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 85

Galician

xiba

Alternative forms

• sibia, xibia
• jiba (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Middle Galician jiba, from Medieval Galician sibia, siba, from Latin sepia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiβɐ/

Noun

xiba f (plural xibas)

1. cuttlefish
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 184:

     E se os ollos teveren pano vello ou rezente, filla a siba e o sarro da cuba e a sal gema, tanto de ũu como doutro, e fage poo de todo e peneirao moi ben e lançao nos ollos deste poo por ũu canudo duas vezes no dia asaz del

     And if the eyes have old or recent cloth, take cuttlefish [bone] and wine tartar and rock salt, as much of one as of the other, and make a powder of everything and sieve it well; and with a tube throw a good quantity of it in the eyes, twice a day

   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten que se venda o pescado en esta maneira: a libra dos sacadores et das sollas et dos bodiõos, dos polvos et das fanequas et das rayas et das langostas et das sibias et das luras a tres dineiros cada libra

     Item, they should sell the captured fish in this way: the pound of sacadores [?], of plaices, of Baillon's wrasses, of octopuses, of poutings, of stingrays, of lobsters, of cuttlefish and of squids, three diñeiros each pound

   • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

     burazinos / panchozes tamañiños / Va jiba ou maragota / e si acasso ben pijota

     little blackspot sea breams / and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake

   Synonyms: choco, chopo

Related terms

• sepia

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sibia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xiba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “xiba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xiba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN