kaban

• IPA^(key): /kaˈban/ [kaˈban̪]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ban

kabán (Basahan spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔)

1. chest (wooden box)
2. trunk

   Synonyms: maleta, baul

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban.

• IPA^(key): /kaban/

kaban

1. friend

• bekaban

kaban

1. Rōmaji transcription of かばん

• IPA^(key): /kəˈban/ [kəˈbäːn]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ban

kaban

1. chest; trunk; bag

   Synonym: baul

2. (Christianity) ark
3. cavan (a measurement of around 75 liters)
   1. a sack (e.g. of rice)

   Synonyms: saku, langgotsi

kaban

1. chest (container)

Borrowed from Ukrainian каба́н (kabán), from a Turkic language (Tatar kaban, Azerbaijani qaban, Kazakh қабан (qaban)); cognate with Turkish yaban.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ban/

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• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

kaban m animal

1. hog

   Synonym: wieprz

2. boar

   Synonym: knur

3. pig

   Synonym: świnia

• kaban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• caban — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“storage chest”). Compare Pangasinan kaban Hanunoo kaban, Bikol Central kaban, Aklanon kaban, Cebuano kaban, Maranao kaban, Western Bukidnon Manobo kavan, Tausug kaban, and Malay keban. See also Japanese 鞄(かばん) (kaban, “bag”), Hokkien 合萬 / 合万 (kap-bān, “cashbox; till”), Teochew 合萬 / 合万 (kap buāng, “safebox”), Cantonese 夾萬 / 夹万 (gaap³ maan⁶, “safebox”)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈban/ [kɐˈban̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

kabán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔)

1. chest; trunk (especially one for clothes)

   Synonym: baul

2. (Christianity, Islam) ark
3. treasury; coffers (supply or store of money)

   Synonyms: ingatang-yaman, tesoreriya, pinansas

   kaban ng bayan ― public treasury (literally, “coffers of the people”)

According to Blust (2010–), it is listed as a loan distributed among many Philippine languages, such as Ilocano kaban, Kankanaey kaban, Pangasinan kaban, Kasiguranin kaban, Bikol Central kaban, Cebuano kaban, Agutaynen kaban, and many more, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“dry measure for grain etc.”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈban/ [kɐˈban̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

kabán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔)

1. cavan (a measurement of around 75 liters)
   1. a sack (e.g. of rice)

      Synonym: sako

• → Spanish: caván, caban
  • → English: cavan
  • → Chamorro: kabån

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“companion, member of a group (of animals or people); friend”). Doublet of kawan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaban/ [ˈkaː.bɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

kaban (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. herd; flock; swarm (of animals)

   Synonyms: kawan, kamada, grupo, langkay, pulutong, ganado, kuyog

   kabang ibon ― flock of birds

   tatlong kabang baka ― three herds of cattle

   isang kaban ng baboy ― one herd of pigs

   isang kabang pukyutan ― a swarm of bees

• “kaban”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kaban”, 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^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaban₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “dry measure for grain”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaban₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• banak

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kaban/ [k̠ɑˈβan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

kaban (Sulat Sūg spelling كَبَنْ)

1. coffin (specifically, a closed one)

• lalungan (“(open) coffin”)

From Ottoman Turkish قابان (kaban), from French caban.

• IPA^(key): /kɐ.ban/

kaban (definite accusative kabanı, plural kabanlar)

1. coat

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ban̪/

kaban

1. (stative) to be wet

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics