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Alternative form of sapa.

saba (uncountable)

(cooking) A sweet grape syrup made from grape must
- 2007 January 3, Florence Fabricant, “In Rustic Greek Dishes, a Fresh Approach to Ancient Flavors”, in New York Times‎[1]:
  Gar, a long, skinny fish, was cooked and served in thick grape syrup, like saba, the Italian grape must.

Borrowed from Tagalog saba.

saba (uncountable)

A triploid hybrid banana cultivar from the Philippines (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana).

Borrowed from Japanese 鯖.

saba (uncountable)

(cooking) Mackerel.

AABs, BSAA, Basa, Saab, abas, baas, basa, à bas

Latin sapa.

IPA(key): /ˈsaba/
Syllabification: sa‧ba
Rhymes: -aba

saba f

(botany) sap

sapia

Latin sapa.

IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsa.βə]

IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈsa.bə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈsa.ba]

saba f (plural sabes)

(botany) sap

sab-a
Hyphenation: sa‧ba

saba

a saba banana

From -sa- (“negative infix”) +‎ -ba (“to steal”).

IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɓa/

-saba (infinitive kusába)

Negative form of -ba
1. to not steal

From Arabic صَبَاح (ṣabāḥ)

saba (accusative sabanı, plural sabalar)

morning

From Proto-Finnic *sapa, from Proto-Baltic *stabara-, compare Lithuanian stabaras (“dried branch”) and Latvian stebere (“cow's tail”). Cognate to Finnish saparo, Ingrian sapara (“pig's tail”), and Karelian sapero, saparo (“tail”).

saba (genitive **saba, partitive **saba)

tail

Declension of saba (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	saba	sabad
accusative	nom.
gen.	saba
genitive	sabade
partitive	saba	sabu sabasid
illative	sappa sabasse	sabadesse sabusse
inessive	sabas	sabades sabus
elative	sabast	sabadest sabust
allative	sabale	sabadele sabule
adessive	sabal	sabadel sabul
ablative	sabalt	sabadelt sabult
translative	sabaks	sabadeks sabuks
terminative	sabani	sabadeni
essive	sabana	sabadena
abessive	sabata	sabadeta
comitative	sabaga	sabadega

siidisaba

From Old Galician-Portuguese savãa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sabana, from sabanum, from Ancient Greek σάβανον (sábanon). Cognate with Spanish sábana.

IPA(key): /ˈsaβa̝/

saba f (plural sabas)

sheet, bedsheet
Synonyms: lenzo, lenzó
- 1395, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 157:
  It. mando ao moesteyro de san francisco hua cama de Roupa que seia huun almadraque et tres cabeçaes anchos et huun traueyseyro de pluma laurado et quatro faceyroas et duas sauaas et hua colcha et huun panal et huun alfamare et duas almadraquias
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
cambium

sabela
sabelo
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “savãa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “saba”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “saba”, 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), “saba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “saba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
IPA(key): /saˈba/ [sɐˈba]
Hyphenation: sa‧ba

sabá

banana

ukis ti saba

From Sundanese ᮞᮘ (saba), from Javanese ꦱꦧ (saba), from Old Javanese sabhā, from Sanskrit सभा (sabhā, “meeting”).

IPA(key): [ˈsaba]
Hyphenation: sa‧ba

saba

to go outside the home

bersaba
menyaba
paseban
“saba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

saba

Rōmaji transcription of さば
Rōmaji transcription of サバ

saba

romanization of ꦱꦧ

IPA(key): /saˈba/ [sʌˈba]
(parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /haˈba/ [hʌˈba]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: sa‧ba

sabá

banana

Dialectal synonyms & variants of saba

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	saba,(Lubon) haba,(Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) haba
Bauko	saba,(Banao, Bila, Otucan) haba
Sabangan	saba,(Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) saba,(Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) haba
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	saba,(Tanulong) sagha

saba

three

saba

seven

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin sapa (“thickened wine”). Cognate with Catalan saba, French sève.

IPA(key): /ˈsaβo/

saba f (plural sabas)

(botany) sap

sabar

-sába

to fear
to be afraid of

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Latin sapa.

IPA(key): /ˈsaba/

saba f (uncountable)

(wine) cooked, condensed must

binu

-sába

to fear

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili numbers (edit)

| | 70 | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | --------------------------------- | | ← 6 | 7 | 8 → | | Cardinal: saba Ordinal: -a saba Fractional: subui | | |

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).[1] Displaced native fungate.

saba (invariable)

seven

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda | | 10— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara | | 20— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa | | 30— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa | | 40— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa | | 50— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa | | 60— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa | | 70— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa | | 80— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa | | 90— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |

saba class IX (plural **saba class X)

(card games) seven

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text)

ree, rea, rei	mbili	tatu	nne	tano	sita	saba

nane	tisa	kumi	ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu	malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi	mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha	jokari

Johansen, Aimee (2003), “Why Kiswahili adopted the words for six, seven and nine”, in Studies in African Linguistics‎[2], volume 32, number 2, pages 99-104

^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137 Nr. 1236

From Proto-Philippine *sabʔa (“banana”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabəqa (“cooking banana”). Compare Ilocano saba, Pangasinan seba, Kapampangan saba, Hanunoo sab-a, Central Bikol sa-ba, and Cebuano sab-a.

(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈba/ [sɐˈba]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: sa‧ba

sabá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊ)

saba banana (a Philippine cultivar of banana)
Synonyms: obispo, (obsolete) bisko
May binebentang saba si Aling Conching.
Miss Conching sells some saba bananas.

“saba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sabeqa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
basa, saab, Basa

From Hausa sābā̀ (“to be accustomed to doing something”)

IPA(key): /sá.bà/

sábà

usually, often
Synonym: lọ́pọ̀ ìgbà

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-saba

(intransitive) to stand scattered around while feeding

_tone L (infinitive ukusaba)_

| | positive | negative | | | | | | | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | infinitive | ukusaba | ukungasabi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | imperative | | | | | | | | | simple | + object concord | | | | | | | singular | saba | -sabe | | | | | | plural | sabani | -sabeni | | | | | | | | | | | | | | present | | | | | | | | | positive absolute | positive relative | positive participial | negative absolute | negative relative | negative participial | | | 1st singular | ngiyasaba, ngisaba | engisabayo, engisaba | ngisaba | angisabi | engingasabi | ngingasabi | | 2nd singular | uyasaba, usaba | osabayo, osaba | usaba | awusabi | ongasabi | ungasabi | | 1st plural | siyasaba, sisaba | esisabayo, esisaba | sisaba | asisabi | esingasabi | singasabi | | 2nd plural | niyasaba, nisaba | enisabayo, enisaba | nisaba | anisabi | eningasabi | ningasabi | | class 1 | uyasaba, usaba | osabayo, osaba | esaba | akasabi | ongasabi | engasabi | | class 2 | bayasaba, basaba | abasabayo, abasaba | besaba | abasabi | abangasabi | bengasabi | | class 3 | uyasaba, usaba | osabayo, osaba | usaba | awusabi | ongasabi | ungasabi | | class 4 | iyasaba, isaba | esabayo, esaba | isaba | ayisabi | engasabi | ingasabi | | class 5 | liyasaba, lisaba | elisabayo, elisaba | lisaba | alisabi | elingasabi | lingasabi | | class 6 | ayasaba, asaba | asabayo, asaba | esaba | awasabi | angasabi | engasabi | | class 7 | siyasaba, sisaba | esisabayo, esisaba | sisaba | asisabi | esingasabi | singasabi | | class 8 | ziyasaba, zisaba | ezisabayo, ezisaba | zisaba | azisabi | ezingasabi | zingasabi | | class 9 | iyasaba, isaba | esabayo, esaba | isaba | ayisabi | engasabi | ingasabi | | class 10 | ziyasaba, zisaba | ezisabayo, ezisaba | zisaba | azisabi | ezingasabi | zingasabi | | class 11 | luyasaba, lusaba | olusabayo, olusaba | lusaba | alusabi | olungasabi | lungasabi | | class 14 | buyasaba, busaba | obusabayo, obusaba | busaba | abusabi | obungasabi | bungasabi | | class 15 | kuyasaba, kusaba | okusabayo, okusaba | kusaba | akusabi | okungasabi | kungasabi | | class 17 | kuyasaba, kusaba | okusabayo, okusaba | kusaba | akusabi | okungasabi | kungasabi | | | | | | | | | | recent past | | | | | | | | | positive absolute | positive relative | positive participial | negative absolute | negative relative | negative participial | | | 1st singular | ngisabile, ngisabē | engisabile, engisabē | ngisabile, ngisabē | angisabanga | engingasabanga | ngingasabanga | | 2nd singular | usabile, usabē | osabile, osabē | usabile, usabē | awusabanga | ongasabanga | ungasabanga | | 1st plural | sisabile, sisabē | esisabile, esisabē | sisabile, sisabē | asisabanga | esingasabanga | singasabanga | | 2nd plural | nisabile, nisabē | enisabile, enisabē | nisabile, nisabē | anisabanga | eningasabanga | ningasabanga | | class 1 | usabile, usabē | osabile, osabē | esabile, esabē | akasabanga | ongasabanga | engasabanga | | class 2 | basabile, basabē | abasabile, abasabē | besabile, besabē | abasabanga | abangasabanga | bengasabanga | | class 3 | usabile, usabē | osabile, osabē | usabile, usabē | awusabanga | ongasabanga | ungasabanga | | class 4 | isabile, isabē | esabile, esabē | isabile, isabē | ayisabanga | engasabanga | ingasabanga | | class 5 | lisabile, lisabē | elisabile, elisabē | lisabile, lisabē | alisabanga | elingasabanga | lingasabanga | | class 6 | asabile, asabē | asabile, asabē | esabile, esabē | awasabanga | angasabanga | engasabanga | | class 7 | sisabile, sisabē | esisabile, esisabē | sisabile, sisabē | asisabanga | esingasabanga | singasabanga | | class 8 | zisabile, zisabē | ezisabile, ezisabē | zisabile, zisabē | azisabanga | ezingasabanga | zingasabanga | | class 9 | isabile, isabē | esabile, esabē | isabile, isabē | ayisabanga | engasabanga | ingasabanga | | class 10 | zisabile, zisabē | ezisabile, ezisabē | zisabile, zisabē | azisabanga | ezingasabanga | zingasabanga | | class 11 | lusabile, lusabē | olusabile, olusabē | lusabile, lusabē | alusabanga | olungasabanga | lungasabanga | | class 14 | busabile, busabē | obusabile, obusabē | busabile, busabē | abusabanga | obungasabanga | bungasabanga | | class 15 | kusabile, kusabē | okusabile, okusabē | kusabile, kusabē | akusabanga | okungasabanga | kungasabanga | | class 17 | kusabile, kusabē | okusabile, okusabē | kusabile, kusabē | akusabanga | okungasabanga | kungasabanga | | | | | | | | | | remote past | | | | | | | | | positive absolute | positive relative | positive participial | negative absolute | negative relative | negative participial | | | 1st singular | ngāsaba | engāsaba | ngāsaba | angisabanga | engingasabanga | ngingasabanga | | 2nd singular | wāsaba | owāsaba | wāsaba | awusabanga | ongasabanga | ungasabanga | | 1st plural | sāsaba | esāsaba | sāsaba | asisabanga | esingasabanga | singasabanga | | 2nd plural | nāsaba | enāsaba | nāsaba | anisabanga | eningasabanga | ningasabanga | | class 1 | wāsaba | owāsaba | āsaba | akasabanga | ongasabanga | engasabanga | | class 2 | bāsaba | abāsaba | bāsaba | abasabanga | abangasabanga | bengasabanga | | class 3 | wāsaba | owāsaba | wāsaba | awusabanga | ongasabanga | ungasabanga | | class 4 | yāsaba | eyāsaba | yāsaba | ayisabanga | engasabanga | ingasabanga | | class 5 | lāsaba | elāsaba | lāsaba | alisabanga | elingasabanga | lingasabanga | | class 6 | āsaba | āsaba | āsaba | awasabanga | angasabanga | engasabanga | | class 7 | sāsaba | esāsaba | sāsaba | asisabanga | esingasabanga | singasabanga | | class 8 | zāsaba | ezāsaba | zāsaba | azisabanga | ezingasabanga | zingasabanga | | class 9 | yāsaba | eyāsaba | yāsaba | ayisabanga | engasabanga | ingasabanga | | class 10 | zāsaba | ezāsaba | zāsaba | azisabanga | ezingasabanga | zingasabanga | | class 11 | lwāsaba | olwāsaba | lwāsaba | alusabanga | olungasabanga | lungasabanga | | class 14 | bāsaba | obāsaba | bāsaba | abusabanga | obungasabanga | bungasabanga | | class 15 | kwāsaba | okwāsaba | kwāsaba | akusabanga | okungasabanga | kungasabanga | | class 17 | kwāsaba | okwāsaba | kwāsaba | akusabanga | okungasabanga | kungasabanga | | | | | | | | | | potential | | | | | | | | | positive absolute | positive relative | positive participial | negative absolute | negative relative | negative participial | | | 1st singular | ngingasaba | — | ngingasaba | ngingesabe | — | ngingesabe | | 2nd singular | ungasaba | — | ungasaba | ungesabe | — | ungesabe | | 1st plural | singasaba | — | singasaba | singesabe | — | singesabe | | 2nd plural | ningasaba | — | ningasaba | ningesabe | — | ningesabe | | class 1 | angasaba | — | engasaba | angesabe | — | engesabe | | class 2 | bangasaba | — | bengasaba | bangesabe | — | bengesabe | | class 3 | ungasaba | — | ungasaba | ungesabe | — | ungesabe | | class 4 | ingasaba | — | ingasaba | ingesabe | — | ingesabe | | class 5 | lingasaba | — | lingasaba | lingesabe | — | lingesabe | | class 6 | angasaba | — | engasaba | angesabe | — | engesabe | | class 7 | singasaba | — | singasaba | singesabe | — | singesabe | | class 8 | zingasaba | — | zingasaba | zingesabe | — | zingesabe | | class 9 | ingasaba | — | ingasaba | ingesabe | — | ingesabe | | class 10 | zingasaba | — | zingasaba | zingesabe | — | zingesabe | | class 11 | lungasaba | — | lungasaba | lungesabe | — | lungesabe | | class 14 | bungasaba | — | bungasaba | bungesabe | — | bungesabe | | class 15 | kungasaba | — | kungasaba | kungesabe | — | kungesabe | | class 17 | kungasaba | — | kungasaba | kungesabe | — | kungesabe | | | | | | | | | | immediate future | | | | | | | | | positive absolute | positive relative | positive participial | negative absolute | negative relative | negative participial | | | 1st singular | ngizosaba | engizosaba | ngizosaba | angizusaba | engingezusaba | ngingezusaba | | 2nd singular | uzosaba | ozosaba | uzosaba | awuzusaba | ongezusaba | ungezusaba | | 1st plural | sizosaba | esizosaba | sizosaba | asizusaba | esingezusaba | singezusaba | | 2nd plural | nizosaba | enizosaba | nizosaba | anizusaba | eningezusaba | ningezusaba | | class 1 | uzosaba | ozosaba | ezosaba | akazusaba | ongezusaba | engezusaba | | class 2 | bazosaba | abazosaba | bezosaba | abazusaba | abangezusaba | bengezusaba | | class 3 | uzosaba | ozosaba | uzosaba | awuzusaba | ongezusaba | ungezusaba | | class 4 | izosaba | ezosaba | izosaba | ayizusaba | engezusaba | ingezusaba | | class 5 | lizosaba | elizosaba | lizosaba | alizusaba | elingezusaba | lingezusaba | | class 6 | azosaba | azosaba | ezosaba | awazusaba | angezusaba | engezusaba | | class 7 | sizosaba | esizosaba | sizosaba | asizusaba | esingezusaba | singezusaba | | class 8 | zizosaba | ezizosaba | zizosaba | azizusaba | ezingezusaba | zingezusaba | | class 9 | izosaba | ezosaba | izosaba | ayizusaba | engezusaba | ingezusaba | | class 10 | zizosaba | ezizosaba | zizosaba | azizusaba | ezingezusaba | zingezusaba | | class 11 | luzosaba | oluzosaba | luzosaba | aluzusaba | olungezusaba | lungezusaba | | class 14 | buzosaba | obuzosaba | buzosaba | abuzusaba | obungezusaba | bungezusaba | | class 15 | kuzosaba | okuzosaba | kuzosaba | akuzusaba | okungezusaba | kungezusaba | | class 17 | kuzosaba | okuzosaba | kuzosaba | akuzusaba | okungezusaba | kungezusaba | | | | | | | | | | remote future | | | | | | | | | positive absolute | positive relative | positive participial | negative absolute | negative relative | negative participial | | | 1st singular | ngiyosaba | engiyosaba | ngiyosaba | angiyusaba | engingeyusaba | ngingeyusaba | | 2nd singular | uyosaba | oyosaba | uyosaba | awuyusaba | ongeyusaba | ungeyusaba | | 1st plural | siyosaba | esiyosaba | siyosaba | asiyusaba | esingeyusaba | singeyusaba | | 2nd plural | niyosaba | eniyosaba | niyosaba | aniyusaba | eningeyusaba | ningeyusaba | | class 1 | uyosaba | oyosaba | eyosaba | akayusaba | ongeyusaba | engeyusaba | | class 2 | bayosaba | abayosaba | beyosaba | abayusaba | abangeyusaba | bengeyusaba | | class 3 | uyosaba | oyosaba | uyosaba | awuyusaba | ongeyusaba | ungeyusaba | | class 4 | iyosaba | eyosaba | iyosaba | ayiyusaba | engeyusaba | ingeyusaba | | class 5 | liyosaba | eliyosaba | liyosaba | aliyusaba | elingeyusaba | lingeyusaba | | class 6 | ayosaba | ayosaba | eyosaba | awayusaba | angeyusaba | engeyusaba | | class 7 | siyosaba | esiyosaba | siyosaba | asiyusaba | esingeyusaba | singeyusaba | | class 8 | ziyosaba | eziyosaba | ziyosaba | aziyusaba | ezingeyusaba | zingeyusaba | | class 9 | iyosaba | eyosaba | iyosaba | ayiyusaba | engeyusaba | ingeyusaba | | class 10 | ziyosaba | eziyosaba | ziyosaba | aziyusaba | ezingeyusaba | zingeyusaba | | class 11 | luyosaba | oluyosaba | luyosaba | aluyusaba | olungeyusaba | lungeyusaba | | class 14 | buyosaba | obuyosaba | buyosaba | abuyusaba | obungeyusaba | bungeyusaba | | class 15 | kuyosaba | okuyosaba | kuyosaba | akuyusaba | okungeyusaba | kungeyusaba | | class 17 | kuyosaba | okuyosaba | kuyosaba | akuyusaba | okungeyusaba | kungeyusaba | | | | | | | | | | | present subjunctive | | | | | | | | | positive | negative | | | | | | | 1st singular | ngisabe | ngingasabi | | | | | | 2nd singular | usabe | ungasabi | | | | | | 1st plural | sisabe | singasabi | | | | | | 2nd plural | nisabe | ningasabi | | | | | | class 1 | asabe | angasabi | | | | | | class 2 | basabe | bangasabi | | | | | | class 3 | usabe | ungasabi | | | | | | class 4 | isabe | ingasabi | | | | | | class 5 | lisabe | lingasabi | | | | | | class 6 | asabe | angasabi | | | | | | class 7 | sisabe | singasabi | | | | | | class 8 | zisabe | zingasabi | | | | | | class 9 | isabe | ingasabi | | | | | | class 10 | zisabe | zingasabi | | | | | | class 11 | lusabe | lungasabi | | | | | | class 14 | busabe | bungasabi | | | | | | class 15 | kusabe | kungasabi | | | | | | class 17 | kusabe | kungasabi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | past subjunctive | | | | | | | | | positive | negative | | | | | | | 1st singular | ngasaba | ngangasaba, angasaba, angangasaba | | | | | | 2nd singular | wasaba | wangasaba, awasaba, awangasaba | | | | | | 1st plural | sasaba | sangasaba, asasaba, asangasaba | | | | | | 2nd plural | nasaba | nangasaba, anasaba, anangasaba | | | | | | class 1 | wasaba | wangasaba, akasaba, akangasaba | | | | | | class 2 | basaba | bangasaba, abasaba, abangasaba | | | | | | class 3 | wasaba | wangasaba, awasaba, awangasaba | | | | | | class 4 | yasaba | yangasaba, ayasaba, ayangasaba | | | | | | class 5 | lasaba | langasaba, alasaba, alangasaba | | | | | | class 6 | asaba | angasaba, awasaba, awangasaba | | | | | | class 7 | sasaba | sangasaba, asasaba, asangasaba | | | | | | class 8 | zasaba | zangasaba, azasaba, azangasaba | | | | | | class 9 | yasaba | yangasaba, ayasaba, ayangasaba | | | | | | class 10 | zasaba | zangasaba, azasaba, azangasaba | | | | | | class 11 | lwasaba | lwangasaba, alwasaba, alwangasaba | | | | | | class 14 | basaba | bangasaba, abasaba, abangasaba | | | | | | class 15 | kwasaba | kwangasaba, akwasaba, akwangasaba | | | | | | class 17 | kwasaba | kwangasaba, akwasaba, akwangasaba | | | | |

Clipping of -esaba.

-sába

alternative form of -esaba

_tone H (infinitive ukusaba)_

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “saɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “saɓa (6.3)”
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “saɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “saɓa (3.9)”