See also: Laba, LABA, lába, labā, labă, lǎbā, lǎba, and Łaba

Bikol Central edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Tagalog haba.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

labà (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Spanish lavar. Doublet of labar.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

labá (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. to launder; to wash clothes
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish lava, from lavar.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

laba

  1. to wash, to launder.

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun edit

laba (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. blade (flat surface)

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese lavar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu laba.

Verb edit

laba

  1. to wash

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

lābā̀ f (plural lābōbī, possessed form lābàr̃)

  1. pound (unit of weight)

Hiligaynon edit

Adjective edit

labà

  1. long in length

Derived terms edit

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

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

Derived terms edit

Compounds edit

Further reading edit

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese lavar.

Verb edit

laba

  1. to wash

Karelian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun edit

laba

  1. blade (a flat surface)

Latin edit

Verb edit

labā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of labō

References edit

Latvian edit

Adjective edit

laba

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

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit लाभ (lābha, profit).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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

Derived terms edit

Masbatenyo edit

Noun edit

labà

  1. length

Northern Qiang edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

laba

  1. flower

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese lavar and Spanish lavar and Kabuverdianu laba.

Verb edit

laba

  1. to wash

Polish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

laba f

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

Declension edit

Further reading edit

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

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

laba f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of labă

Somali edit

Somali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : laba
    Ordinal : labaad

Etymology edit

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

Numeral edit

laba

  1. two

Southern Ndebele edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Swazi edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronoun edit

laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronoun edit

laba

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

Etymology 3 edit

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Pronoun edit

laba

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

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish lavar.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

labá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Spanish lava or English lava.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: la‧ba
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaba/, [ˈla.bɐ]

Noun edit

laba (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

  1. lava

Etymology 3 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: la‧ba
  • IPA(key): /laˈbaʔ/, [lɐˈbaʔ] (growth; increase)
  • IPA(key): /ˈlabaʔ/, [ˈla.bɐʔ] (crescent shape)

Noun edit

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 edit

Noun edit

labà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

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

Anagrams edit

Veps edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun edit

laba

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) foot

Inflection edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

laba

  1. these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection edit

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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