habia

See also: Habia and había

Basque

Alternative forms

  • kabia (proscribed)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *kabia, from Latin cavea (“cavity, den, enclosure, cage”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /abia/, [a.β̞i.a]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /habia/, [ɦa.β̞i.a]

Noun

habia inan

  1. nest

Declension

Derived terms

  • habia egin (“to nest”)

References

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

habia

  1. Misspelling of había.
  2. Obsolete spelling of había
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.