laba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laba"

Languages (28)

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English • Cebuano • Central Bikol • Dongxiang • Estonian • Guinea-Bissau Creole • Hausa • Hiligaynon • Indonesian • Kabuverdianu • Karelian • Lakurumau • Latin • Latvian • Malay • Masbatenyo • Mauritian Creole • Northern Qiang • Papiamentu • Polish • Romanian • Somali • Southern Ndebele • Swazi • Tagalog • Veps • Yoruba • Zulu

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Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Verb

laba

1. alternative spelling of laaba

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lava, from lavar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

laba

1. to wash, to launder

   Daghanang bulingon uy! Manglaba ko ron.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Gilabhan niya ag bag kay arang abuga na man.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Central Bikol

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

• halaba
• kalabaan
• palaba

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

• labahan
• maglaba
• palaba
• paralaba

Related terms

• labada
• labandera
• labandero
• labar

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

• jalalaba
• lehelaba

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaba/ [ˈla.ba]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: 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

• “laba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese lavar.

Verb

laba

1. to wash

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

laba

1. blade (a flat surface)

Lakurumau

Adjective

laba

1. big

References

• Lidia Mazzitelli, Documentation of Lakurumau: Making the case for one more language in Papua New Guinea (2020)

Latin

Verb

labā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of labō

References

• "laba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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 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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French là-bas. By surface analysis, la +‎ ba.

Adverb

laba

1. over there
2. down there

   Antonym: lao

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 171
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 560

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:

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• 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

	singular	plural
nominative	laba	laby
genitive	laby	lab
dative	labie	labom
accusative	labę	laby
instrumental	labą	labami
locative	labie	labach
vocative	labo	laby

Further reading

• “laba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “laba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈla.ba]

Noun

laba f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of labă

Somali

Somali cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : laba     Ordinal : labaad

Alternative forms

• labo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Somaloid *lámma, from Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma (“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. In Omotic, Koorete lam'e, Maale lam'o, Oyda lam'i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaba/
• Hyphenation: la‧ba

Numeral

lába f

1. two

Inflection

declension of laba
	singular
absolutive	lába
nominative	labi
genitive	labá
vocative	-

References

• “laba”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *lowō

Latin lavō

Old Spanish lavar

Spanish lavarbor.

Tagalog laba

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

• kalabahan
• labahan
• labahin
• labhan
• lalabhan
• lalabhin
• maglaba
• maglalaba
• magpalaba
• manlalaba
• nalabhan
• nilabhan
• paglalaba
• panlaba

Related terms

• ablusyon
• alubyon
• antedilubyano
• dilubyo
• labada
• labadora
• labandera
• labanderiya
• labandero
• labatiba
• labatoryo
• letrina
• losyon

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

• buwang palaba
• ipagpalaba
• labang-tubo
• lumaba
• maglaba
• magpalaba
• palaba
• palabaan
• palabang wika

Noun

labà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)

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

Anagrams

• alba, Alba, laab, bala, abla, alab

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

laba

1. foot (body part)

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]‎^[3], 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

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “laɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “laɓa (3.9)”