abaca

See also:abacá,abacà,andabacă

English

Wikispecies

abaca(Musa textilis)

Alternative forms

• abacá,abáca,abaka,abaká

Etymology

FromSpanishabacá,fromTagalogabaka.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈæb.əˌkɑː/,/ˈæb.əˌkə/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈæb.əˌkɑ/

• Audio(US):

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• Audio(Canada):

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Noun

abaca(countableanduncountable,pluralabacas)

1. Musa textilis,a species ofbananatree native to thePhilippinesgrown for its textile, rope- andpapermakingfibre.[First attested in the mid 18^thcentury.]

   Synonyms:Manila Hemp,Manilla hemp,textile banana

2. (uncountable)The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth.[First attested in the mid 18^thcentury.]

   Synonyms:Manila hemp,Manilla hemp

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål:abaca

Translations

plant

• Arabic:قِنَّب مَانِيلَاm(qinnab manilā)
• Bulgarian:абакаf(abaka)
• Catalan:abacà(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tiêu ma(zh)(jiāomá),Mã ni lạp ma(zh)(mǎnílā má)

• Czech:manilské konopí(cs)n
• Danish:abaca(da)c
• Dutch:manillahennep(nl)m,abaca(nl)m
• Estonian:kanepbanaan(et),manillakanep,kiubanaan,kiudbanaan
• Finnish:manila(fi),abaca(fi),manilahamppu(fi)
• French:abaca(fr)m
• Galician:abacá(gl)
• German:Abaka(de)m
• Greek:αβάκα(el)f(aváka)
• Hawaiian:ʻapaka
• Hiligaynon:abaká
• Indonesian:pisang serat,pisang manila(id),abaka(id)
• Italian:abaca(it)f
• Ivatan:avaka
• Japanese:マニラ ma(マニラアサ,maniraasa),マニラ mịch ba tiêu(マニライトバショウ,maniraitobashō)
• Kapampangan:abaka
• Macedonian:а́бакаf(ábaka)
• Malay:

  Jawi:ڤيسڠ بنڠ,ڤيسڠ مانيلا,ڤيسڠ تالي,اباک

  Rumi:pisang benang,pisang manila,pisang tali,abaka(ms)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:abacam

• Polish:banan manilskim
• Portuguese:abacá(pt)m
• Romanian:abaca(ro)f
• Russian:тексти́льный бана́нm(tekstílʹnyj banán),абака́(ru)f(abaká)
• Spanish:abacá(es)m
• Tagalog:abaka(tl)

fiber/fibre—seeManila hemp

Further reading

• Abacain theEncyclopædia Britannica(11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Caaba

French

Etymology

FromSpanishabacá,from theTagalogname for the plant,abaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a.ba.ka/
• (Quebec)IPA^(key):/a.ba.ka/~/a.ba.kɑ/

• Audio:

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Noun

abacam(pluralabacas)

1. a banana tree, theabaca
2. Manilla hemp

   Synonyms:chanvre de Manille,tagal

Further reading

• “abaca”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈa.ba.ka/
• Rhymes:-abaka
• Hyphenation:à‧ba‧ca

Noun

abacam(invariable)

1. Alternative form ofabacà

Norwegian Bokmål

abaca(Musa textilis)

Etymology

FromEnglishabaca,fromSpanishabacá(“abaca, Manilla hemp”),fromTagalogabaka(“abaca, Manilla hemp”),fromArabicأَبَق(ʔabaq,“abaca”),fromClassical Syriacܐܳܦܰܩܬܳܐ(ʾāpaqtā),ܐܰܦܩܰܥܬܳܐ(ʾap̄qaʿtā,“de-seeded cotton”)fromܦܩܰܥ(pqaʿ,“to split, to reave, to crack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/aˈbɑːka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɑːka
• Hyphenation:a‧ba‧ca

Noun

abacam(definite singularabacaen,indefinite pluralabacaer,definite pluralabacaene)

1. (botany)Musa textilis,a species ofbananatree native to thePhilippinesgrown for its textile, rope- andpapermakingfibre.
2. abaca(the fiber of theabacaplant, used in rope)

   Synonym:manilahamp

References

• “abaca”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).
• “abaca”inStore norske leksikon