laban
See also: Laban, lábán, Labán, and la bàn
English
Noun
laban (uncountable)
- (uncommon) Alternative form of leban
Anagrams
- Alban, Balan, Blaan, Nabal, alban, banal, labna, nabal, nabla
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ban
- IPA(key): /ˈlaban/
Noun
lában
- fight, battle, match
- Synonym: sulbod
Derived terms
- ilaban
- kalaban
- labanan
- maglaban
- makilaban
Iban
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *laban, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).
Verb
laban
- to fight
Derived terms
- ngelaban
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“besides, except”).
Conjunction
laban
- because; owing to
Related terms
- kebuah
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).
Noun
laban
- fight; struggle
Romanian
Etymology
From Russian лобан (loban).
Noun
laban m (plural labani)
- flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
Declension
Declension of laban
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) laban | labanul | (niște) labani | labanii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) laban | labanului | (unor) labani | labanilor |
| vocative | labanule | labanilor | ||
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban (“oppose, go against someone”).Compare Bikol Central laban, Kapampangan laban, Malay lawan, and Javanese lawan.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ban
- IPA(key): /ˈlaban/, [ˈla.bɐn]
Noun
laban
- fight; quarrel
- Synonyms: away, awayan, basag-ulo
- match; contest; game
- Synonyms: laro, paligsahan
- going against; opposition
- Synonyms: tutol, pagtutol, kontra, pagkontra
- fact or condition of being against or contradictory
- Synonyms: salungat, pagkasalungat, kasalungatan
Derived terms
- di-kalaban
- di-mapaglabanan
- ilaban
- ipaglaban
- kalaban
- kalabanin
- labanan
- laban-laban
- laban sa sakit
- lumaban
- maglaban
- maglabanan
- makalaban
- makilaban
- makipaglaban
- malabanan
- manlalaban
- mapaglabanan
- mapanlaban
- paglaban
- paglabanan
- paglalaban
- pakikilaban
- palaban
- panlaban
- walang-laban
Adjective
laban
- against; contrary; opposed
- Synonyms: kontra, salungat, kasalungat
Derived terms
- laban kay
- laban sa