labba

See also: lábba, lábbá, and Labba

English

Noun

labba (countable and uncountable, plural labbas or labba)

1. (Guyana) A paca (large rodent) or its meat.
   • 1888, H. I. Perkins, “Seven months up the Puruni River”, in Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana:

     During the last three months, of my stay, labba meat (Cœlogenys paca), which is justly looked upon as the caviare of the bush, was fairly plentiful. This was due to a small black and white dog, belonging to one of the boat hands, which hunted labba excellently; sometimes killing four or five in a morning, and once even six.

   • 1995, Brian L. Moore, Cultural Power, Resistance, and Pluralism: Colonial Guyana, 1838-1900, McGill-Queen's Press:

     Game included accouries (a kind of guinea pig), water-dogs (otters), labbas (hollow cheek pacas), deer, wild hogs, mypouris (tapirs), monkeys, sloths, water haas (capybaras), armadillos, snakes, tigers, jaguars, iguanas, manatees (sea cows), etc.

   • 2011, Helena Martin, Walk Wit’ Me...: All Ova Guyana, BalboaPress, page 54:

     Labba was my favourite meat. I say “was”, because that came to an end on one of my visits to Guyana.

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Verb

labba

1. alternative spelling of laaba

Icelandic

Etymology

Likely derived from a noun, compare Norwegian labb (itself related to löpp (“foot”)). Appears in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlap(ː)a]

  Rhymes: -apːa

Verb

labba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative labbaði, supine labbað)

1. to walk slowly, to amble, to stroll

   Synonyms: rölta, slangra, ráfa

Conjugation

labba – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að labba
supine sagnbót		labbað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		labbandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	labba	labbaði		labbi	labbaði
	þú	labbar	labbaðir		labbir	labbaðir
	hann, hún, það	labbar	labbaði		labbi	labbaði
plural	við	löbbum	löbbuðum		löbbum	löbbuðum
	þið	labbið	löbbuðuð		labbið	löbbuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	labba	löbbuðu		labbi	löbbuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	labba (þú), labbaðu
plural	þið	labbið (þið), labbiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

labbast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að labbast
supine sagnbót		labbast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		labbandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	labbast	labbaðist		labbist	labbaðist
	þú	labbast	labbaðist		labbist	labbaðist
	hann, hún, það	labbast	labbaðist		labbist	labbaðist
plural	við	löbbumst	löbbuðumst		löbbumst	löbbuðumst
	þið	labbist	löbbuðust		labbist	löbbuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	labbast	löbbuðust		labbist	löbbuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	labbast (þú), labbastu
plural	þið	labbist (þið), labbisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

labbaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	labbaður	löbbuð	labbað	labbaðir	labbaðar	löbbuð
accusative (þolfall)	labbaðan	labbaða	labbað	labbaða	labbaðar	löbbuð
dative (þágufall)	löbbuðum	labbaðri	löbbuðu	löbbuðum	löbbuðum	löbbuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	labbaðs	labbaðrar	labbaðs	labbaðra	labbaðra	labbaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	labbaði	labbaða	labbaða	löbbuðu	löbbuðu	löbbuðu
accusative (þolfall)	labbaða	löbbuðu	labbaða	löbbuðu	löbbuðu	löbbuðu
dative (þágufall)	labbaða	löbbuðu	labbaða	löbbuðu	löbbuðu	löbbuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	labbaða	löbbuðu	labbaða	löbbuðu	löbbuðu	löbbuðu

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of laborera.

Verb

labba (present labbar, preterite labbade, supine labbat, imperative labba)

1. (colloquial) short for laborera

Conjugation

Conjugation of labba (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	labba		labbas
supine	labbat		labbats
imperative	labba		—
imper. plural1	labben		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	labbar	labbade	labbas	labbades
ind. plural1	labba	labbade	labbas	labbades
subjunctive2	labbe	labbade	labbes	labbades
present participle		labbande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “labba”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “labba”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “laborera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)