Where does “newba” come from?

newba (Maltese) comes from Arabic نوبة, from Arabic نَابَ — to afflict, to occur; to represent, to act as a...

newba (Maltese): rotation, alternation

Definitions

  1. rotation, alternation

Ancestry of “newba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنوبةchange, alteration, shift, rotation; turn; time,...
2Arabicنَابَto afflict, to occur; to represent, to act as a...
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