kaab

From Sudanese Arabic كعب (kaʕb, “bad”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaˈab/, [ˈkaˈab]

kaab

1. bad, horrible
   • 2024, “Hajat kaab”, performed by John Frog, South Sudan:

     Kasarif biga mafi asa de biga kef? hajaat kaab

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. serious

   de kalaam kaab

   this is a serious issue

• Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎^[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 146

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑːpˠ], (enunciated) [kɑɑpˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kæɰæpˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {kahab}

Borrowed from English gaff.

kaab

1. a gaff

Borrowed from English curve.

• kōōb

kaab

1. a curve

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary