gaban

gaban

1. third-person plural present indicative of gabar

• IPA^(key): /ɡaban/

gaban

1. lung

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
• (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”

From the Japanese TV series Space Sheriff Gavan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaban/ [ˈɡa.ban]
• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: ga‧ban

gaban (plural gaban-gaban)

1. (colloquial) something big

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay gaban.

gaban

1. Rōmaji transcription of がばん

From the Japanese TV series Space Sheriff Gavan which was popular in the 1980s.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaban/ [ˈɡa.ban]
• Rhymes: -aban, -ban, -an
• Hyphenation: ga‧ban

gaban

1. (colloquial) epic

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian gaban.

gaban

1. vagabond; scoundrel

• Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 199.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈban/ [ɡɐˈban̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ga‧ban

Borrowed from Spanish gabán, from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ).

gabán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜈ᜔)

1. overcoat

   Synonym: abrigo

gabán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. coitus between animals

• “gaban”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

• banga, baang, abang