Definitions

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  • noun Alternative form of aba.

Etymologies

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From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, "father"); see abbot.

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Variant forms.

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Examples

  • In another, a napping father can't hear his son's calls of "daddy" and only stirs awake when he hears the word "abba" - Hebrew for father.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • In another, a napping father can't hear his son's calls of "daddy" and only stirs awake when he hears the word "abba" - Hebrew for father.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Lawa: Youngest child of Mwezi and Ng; after graduation works at ejida on Byli, then comes to work at ejida on Riesig; eventual partner of Qala; acts as live-in abba for Prl when she has Pyosz

    Archive 2004-08-08 Maggie Jochild 2004

  • Qala: Raised on Exploit; radio operator at Lofthall; eventual secretary to Lofthall Sheng Zhang; eventual partner of Lawa; acts as live-in abba for Prl when she has Pyosz; (Y)

    PYA CAST OF CHARACTERS Maggie Jochild 2004

  • Lawa: Youngest child of Mwezi and Ng; after graduation works at ejida on Byli, then comes to work at ejida on Riesig; eventual partner of Qala; acts as live-in abba for Prl when she has Pyosz

    PYA CAST OF CHARACTERS Maggie Jochild 2004

  • Qala: Raised on Exploit; radio operator at Lofthall; eventual secretary to Lofthall Sheng Zhang; eventual partner of Lawa; acts as live-in abba for Prl when she has Pyosz; (Y)

    Archive 2004-08-08 Maggie Jochild 2004

  • He used the Hebrew word abba, which is the equivalent of "Daddy."

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • March 21st, 2010 at 5: 46 pm lux (brought to you by The Truth (c)) says: another line in abba – waterloo that’s very appropriate

    Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010

  • Paul Schaffer was our 'abba' (father) and it was right.

    Laraine Newman: Seder In Studio 8H 2008

  • For the moment, all I'll say is that Tom seems to treat addressing God as "abba" as though it were the most natural thing in the world.

    Gethsemane Conversation James F. McGrath 2008

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  • In Coptic and Syriac churches, Abba (father or master) is a title of the patriarch of bishops.

    December 10, 2007

  • "GAYmobile's service line - called HOMOBILE - might soon be offering a wireless dating service as well as subtle ringtones that indicate the users sexual preferences. Until then, GAYmobile suggests that subsribers use songs like 'I am what I am' or anything by ABBA as ringtone."

    - review, guerrilla-innovation.com, 30 Oct 2005.

    November 22, 2008

  • closeted abba fan lurks in kremlin

    February 7, 2009

  • "Water" in Sardu. (See also ea.)

    February 8, 2009

  • "abba" in Hungarian means: in(to) that (one)

    August 7, 2012