casaba
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See also: cãsãbã
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Turkish Kasaba, a town in Turkey, now Turgutlu.
Noun[edit]
casaba (plural casabas)
- A cultivar of the muskmelon (Cucumis melo), with bright yellow, wrinkled skin.
- (usually in the plural, slang) The adult female breast.
- 1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell):
- Oh, well. She's got... great... casabas . […] Well, you know. Melons. […] Hoo-has? Honkers? Hooters? Headlights? Uh... tatas? Teeters? Tweeters? Tom-toms? Tetons? […] I'm trying to say it. Uh, meatballs. Mangoes. Cream pies. Cupcakes? Uh... bangers? Bouncers? Bulumbas? […] Bazongas? Breasts! I said it.
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
casaba
- first-person singular imperfect indicative of casar
- third-person singular imperfect indicative of casar
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
casaba
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قصبه (kasaba), from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
Noun[edit]
casaba f (plural casabale)
Declension[edit]
Declension of casaba
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) casaba | casabaua | (niște) casabale | casabalele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) casabale | casabalei | (unor) casabale | casabalelor |
| vocative | casaba | casabalelor | ||
References[edit]
- casaba in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
casaba
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