pab

pab

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Pareci.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pareci terms

• IPA^(key): /ˈpap/

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: pab
• Homophones: pap, PAP

pab m inan

1. alternative spelling of pub

• “pab”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pab in the Korpus Języka Polskiego PWN [PWN Corpus of the Polish Language]

• IPA^(key): [pab]

pab (genitive paba, plural pabs)

1. (inclusive term) butterfly or moth (compare German Falter)
2. butterfly (compare German Tagfalter)
3. moth (compare German Nachtfalter)

• “pab”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

Inherited from Middle Welsh pap, from Proto-Brythonic *pab, from Vulgar Latin *păpa, from Latin pāpa.

• IPA^(key): /paːb/
• Rhymes: -aːb

pab m (plural pabau)

1. (Roman Catholicism) pope

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “pab”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “pab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 幫 (MC pang, “to help, assist”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pa˥/

pab

1. to help, aid, assist, serve, support

   Kuv pab nws sau ntawv. ― I help him write.

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.