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laba

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "laba"

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Verb

laba

  1. alternative spelling of laaba

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Compare Tagalog haba.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

labà (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. length (measurement)
    Synonym: lawig
    Antonym: lipot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lavar. Doublet of labar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

labá (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. to launder; to wash clothes
Derived terms
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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lava, from lavar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

laba

  1. to wash, to launder

Dongxiang

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba).

Pronunciation

Noun

laba

  1. (music) horn; trumpet

Derived terms

  • laba chizhe (“Ipomoea nil”)
  • laba feilie (“to play horn”)

References

  • Ma Guozhong (马国忠); Chen Yuanlong (陈元龙) (2012), “laba”, in 东乡语汉语词典 [Dongxiang-Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Lanzhou: 甘肃民族出版社, →ISBN, page 253

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

laba (genitive laba, partitive laba)

  1. blade (flat surface)

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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
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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese lavar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu laba.

Verb

laba

  1. to wash

Hausa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lābā̀ f (plural lābōbī, possessed form lābàr̃)

  1. pound (unit of weight)

Hiligaynon

Adjective

labà

  1. long in length

Derived terms

  • kalaba
  • malaba

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

laba (plural laba-laba)

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

Derived terms

  • berlaba
  • melabai
  • melabakan

Compounds

  • laba berkala
  • laba bersih
  • laba bruto
  • laba dagang
  • laba departemen
  • laba ditahan
  • laba ditahan bertanggal
  • laba kena pajak
  • laba kotor
  • laba margin
  • laba marginal
  • laba masa berjalan
  • laba mujur
  • laba murni
  • laba operasi
  • laba operasi usaha
  • laba per saham
  • laba perang
  • laba rugi
  • laba sebelum konsolidasi
  • laba sebelum pajak perseroan
  • laba sebelum pembentukan perseroan terbatas
  • laba segmen
  • laba sekuritas
  • laba spekulasi
  • laba standar
  • laba tak dibagi
  • laba tak didistribuslkan

Further reading

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese lavar.

Verb

laba

  1. to wash

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

laba

  1. blade (a flat surface)

Latin

Verb

labā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of labō

References

Latvian

Adjective

laba

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

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit लाभ (lābha, “profit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

laba (plural laba-laba or laba2)

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

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berlaba [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • melabakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
  • melabai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)

Masbatenyo

Noun

labà

  1. length

Northern Qiang

Pronunciation

Noun

laba

  1. flower

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese lavar and Spanish lavar and Kabuverdianu laba.

Verb

laba

  1. to wash

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

laba f

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

Declension

Declension of laba
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

laba f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of labă

Somali

Somali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : laba
    Ordinal : labaad

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *lámma, from Proto-Lowland East Cushitic*lammáy from Proto-Cushitic *ɬam- (“two”).

Cognate with Maay lamé or lammé, Garre lamma, Aweer lôw, Rendille lama, Jiiddu lammé, Baiso lama, Arbore laama, Daasanach naama, El Molo laama, Oromo lama, Afar nammay, Burji lama, Gedeo lame, Hadiyya lamo, Kambaata lamu, Sidamo lame, Dahalo liima, Aasax slam, Blin leña, Beja maloob.

Pronunciation

Numeral

lába f

  1. two

References

  • Puglielli, A., & Mansuur, C. C. (2012). "Qaamuuska Af‒Soomaaliga" (in Somali) Roma: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, pages 531 & 534

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

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

Pronoun

laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Swazi

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

laba

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronoun

laba

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lavar.

Pronunciation

Noun

labá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. washing of clothes; laundering
    Synonyms: paglalaba, (obsolete) pipi
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lava or English lava.

Pronunciation

Noun

laba (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. lava

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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
Derived terms

Noun

labà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

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

Anagrams

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

laba

  1. foot (body part)

Inflection

More information Inflection of (inflection type 5/sana), nominative sing. ...

References

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

More information full form, locative ...

References

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