"Gaba" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

gábà - To cut or scratch with a sharp
bamboo, with a splinter, or the like; to mete
out punishment, chastise, requite, punish,
castigate (of Divine Providence);
retribution, divine punishment, requital,
chastisement, castigation, divine vengeance
or justice. Anó ang nakagábà sa ímo?—
Ginábà akó sang kawáyan. What gave you
this scratch?—I was scratched by a
bamboo. Nagábà ang ákon kamót sang
biníal nga káhoy. My hand was cut by a
piece of split wood. Indì kamó magbúhat
sinâ, kay básì magabáan kamó. Don’t do
that, for you may receive divine retribution.
Sa waláy duhádúha ang Mahál nga Diós
magagábà sa íla kunína. Doubtless God
will mete out to them later on a fitting
punishment. Ang mga Hudíyo gingabáan
sang dugô sang Aton Ginúo. The Jews had
the blood of Our Lord visited on them. Sa
madalî úkon sa madúgay magaabút gid sa
tanán nga mga makasasálà ang gábà
sang Diós. Sooner or later all sinners will
meet with a condign punishment from God.
(cf. báklis; kastígo, bálus, sípat).

gábà n punishment which comes as a natural consequence of some transgression, esp.
a moral transgression.
Ang íyang sakit mauy gábà nga gihátag sa Ginúu, His sickness is the punishment which the Lord imposed on him.
puyra formula for warding o?
gábà: May God not punish me for this.
Puyra gábà, ngánung musúkul ka man sa ímung amahan?
God forgive you, why did you rebel against your father?
v [A12; b4] have retribution visited on one.
Gabáan ka sa ímung pagpasipálà sa dibultu, You will be punished for defiling the image.
Ayaw kug gabái, Dont be a cause of my getting divine retribution (said by s.
o.
who has done s.t.
to s.
o.
which might bring him gábà, e.
g.
, leaving a host while he is eating).
gabàgabà n gábà which comes in small installments as the result of a long period of moral transgression.
Súgud nang gabàgabà, búnga sa íyang pagkapalikíru, Now the punishment he deserves begins, the result of his philanderings.
-an() n one who has power of causing people to su?
er gábà.