laba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laba"

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

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

  • IPA(key): /lɑˈpɑ/

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

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

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

  • IPA(key): /laba/
  • Rhymes: -ba, -a

Noun

laba (plural laba-laba)

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

Derived terms

Masbatenyo

Noun

labà

  1. length

Northern Qiang

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lapa/

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

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈla.ba]

Noun

laba f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of labă

Somali

Somali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : laba
    Ordinal : labaad

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ɬam-. Cognate with Jiiddu lamma. Rendille lama, Baiso lama, Daasanach naama, Oromo lama, Blin leña.

Numeral

laba f (variant labo)

  1. two

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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈba/ [lɐˈba]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: la‧ba

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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlaba/ [ˈlaː.bɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: la‧ba

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. (clarification of this definition is needed) foot

Inflection

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

References

  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /là.bà/

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈláɓa/

Pronoun

laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -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

References