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laba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laba"

Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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Compare Tagalog haba.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: la‧ba
  • IPA(key): /ˈlabaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.baʔ]

Noun

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labà (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. length (measurement)
    Synonym: lawig
    Antonym: lipot
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish lavar. Doublet of labar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: la‧ba
  • IPA(key): /laˈba/ [l̪aˈba]

Verb

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labá (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. to launder; to wash clothes
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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish lava, from lavar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: la‧ba
  • IPA(key): /laˈba/ [l̪ɐˈba]

Verb

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laba

  1. to wash, to launder

Dongxiang

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba).

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Noun

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laba

  1. (music) horn; trumpet

References

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  • Ma Guozhong (马国忠), Chen Yuanlong (陈元龙) (2000) “laba”, in 东乡语汉语词典 [Dongxiang-Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), Lanzhou: 甘肃民族出版社, →ISBN, page 231

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

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laba (genitive laba, partitive laba)

  1. blade (flat surface)

Declension

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Declension of laba (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative laba labad
accusative nom.
gen. laba
genitive labade
partitive laba labasid
illative lappa
labasse 		labadesse
inessive labas labades
elative labast labadest
allative labale labadele
adessive labal labadel
ablative labalt labadelt
translative labaks labadeks
terminative labani labadeni
essive labana labadena
abessive labata labadeta
comitative labaga labadega

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “laba”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese lavar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu laba.

Verb

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laba

  1. to wash

Hausa

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /láː.bàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [láː.bàː]

Noun

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lābā̀ f (plural lābōbī, possessed form lābàr̃)

  1. pound (unit of weight)

Hiligaynon

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Adjective

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labà

  1. long in length

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay laba, from Classical Malay laba, from Sanskrit लाभ (lābha, “profit”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlaba]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ba

Noun

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laba (first-person possessive labaku, second-person possessive labamu, third-person possessive labanya)

  1. profit
    Synonym: keuntungan
  2. benefit
    Synonyms: faedah, guna, manfaat

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Compounds

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Further reading

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Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese lavar.

Verb

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laba

  1. to wash

Karelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

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laba

  1. blade (a flat surface)

Latin

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Verb

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labā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of labō

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Latvian

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Adjective

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laba

  1. inflection of labs:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine

Malay

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit लाभ (lābha, “profit”).

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Noun

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laba (plural laba-laba, informal 1st possessive labaku, 2nd possessive labamu, 3rd possessive labanya)

  1. profit
    Synonym: keuntungan
  2. benefit
    Synonyms: faedah, guna, manfaat

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Masbatenyo

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Noun

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labà

  1. length

Northern Qiang

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Noun

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laba

  1. flower

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese lavar and Spanish lavar and Kabuverdianu laba.

Verb

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laba

  1. to wash

Polish

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Etymology

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Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from German Labe, from Middle High German labe, from Old High German laba, from Proto-West Germanic *labu, from *labōn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: la‧ba

Noun

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laba f

  1. (colloquial) free time, hometime, knock-off time, leisure, quitting time
    Synonyms: fajrant, wolne

Declension

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Declension of laba
singular plural
nominative laba laby
genitive laby lab
dative labie labom
accusative labę laby
instrumental labą labami
locative labie labach
vocative labo laby

Further reading

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  • laba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • laba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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laba f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of labă

Somali

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Somali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : laba
    Ordinal : labaad

Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma. Cognate to Afar nammay and Oromo lama.

Numeral

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laba

  1. two

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Swazi

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Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

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laba

  1. that over there, yonder; class 1 remote demonstrative.

Etymology 3

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

Pronoun

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laba

  1. that over there, yonder; class 3 remote demonstrative.

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish lavar.

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Noun

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labá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. washing of clothes; laundering
    Synonyms: paglalaba, (obsolete) pipi
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish lava or English lava.

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Noun

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laba (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. lava

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Malay laba, from Sanskrit लाभ (lābha, “profit”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /laˈbaʔ/ [lɐˈbaʔ] (“growth, increase; big profit; usury”, noun)
    • IPA(key): /ˈlabaʔ/ [ˈlaː.bɐʔ] (“crescent shape”, noun)
  • Syllabification: la‧ba

Noun

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labâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. growth; increase
    Synonyms: laki, paglaki, lago, paglago, tubo, sibol, dagdag
  2. big profit; big gain
  3. usury; usurious interest
    Synonyms: usura, labis na tubo
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Noun

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labà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. crescent shape (especially the waxing of the moon)

Anagrams

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Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

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laba

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) foot

Inflection

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Inflection of laba (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. laba
genitive sing. laban
partitive sing. labad
partitive plur. laboid
singular plural
nominative laba labad
accusative laban labad
genitive laban laboiden
partitive labad laboid
essive-instructive laban laboin
translative labaks laboikš
inessive labas laboiš
elative labaspäi laboišpäi
illative labaha laboihe
adessive labal laboil
ablative labalpäi laboilpäi
allative labale laboile
abessive labata laboita
comitative labanke laboidenke
prolative labadme laboidme
approximative I labanno laboidenno
approximative II labannoks laboidennoks
egressive labannopäi laboidennopäi
terminative I labahasai laboihesai
terminative II labalesai laboilesai
terminative III labassai —
additive I labahapäi laboihepäi
additive II labalepäi laboilepäi

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “стопа, ступня”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yoruba

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làbà

  1. A Yoruba traditional leather attire similar to a kilt that is worn by priests of the orisha, like the Mọgbà or chiefs, such as the Ààrẹ ọ̀nà Kakaǹfò.

Zulu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

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Stem -lába
Full form lába
Locative kulaba
Full form lába
Locative kulaba
Copulative yilaba
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 walaba owalaba
Class 2 balaba abalaba
Class 3 walaba owalaba
Class 4 yalaba eyalaba
Class 5 lalaba elalaba
Class 6 alaba awalaba
Class 7 salaba esalaba
Class 8 zalaba ezalaba
Class 9 yalaba eyalaba
Class 10 zalaba ezalaba
Class 11 lwalaba olwalaba
Class 14 balaba obalaba
Class 15 kwalaba okwalaba
Class 17 kwalaba okwalaba

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