# laba
## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Compare Tagalog haba.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧ba
* IPA: /ˈlabaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.baʔ]

#### Noun

labà (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)
* 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: /laˈba/ [l̪aˈba]

#### Verb

labá (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊ)
* to launder; to wash clothes

##### Derived terms

* labahan
* maglaba
* palaba
* paralaba

##### Related terms

* labada
* labandera
* labandero
* labar

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lava, from lavar.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧ba
* IPA: /laˈba/ [l̪ɐˈba]

### Verb

laba
* to wash, to launder

## Dongxiang
### Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑˈpɑ/

### Noun

laba
* (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)
* blade (flat surface)

#### 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
* to wash

## Hausa
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

lābā̀ f (plural lābōbī, possessed form lābàr̃)
* pound (unit of weight)

## Hiligaynon
### Adjective

labà
* long in length

#### Derived terms

* kalaba
* malaba

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlaba]
* Hyphenation: la‧ba

### Noun

laba (plural laba-laba)
* profit
    Synonym: keuntungan
* 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, 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
* to wash

## Karelian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

### Noun

laba
* blade (a flat surface)

## Latin
### Verb

labā
* second-person singular present active imperative of labō

### References

* "laba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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
* inflection of labs:
** genitive masculine singular
** nominative feminine singular

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit लाभ (lābha, “profit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laba/
* Rhymes: -ba, -a

### Noun

laba (plural laba-laba, informal 1st possessive labaku, 2nd possessive labamu, 3rd possessive labanya)
* profit
    Synonym: keuntungan
* benefit
    Synonyms: faedah, guna, manfaat

#### Derived terms

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
* length

## Northern Qiang
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lapa/

### Noun

laba
* flower

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese lavar and Spanish lavar and Kabuverdianu laba.

### Verb

laba
* 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: /ˈla.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aba
* Syllabification: la‧ba

### Noun

laba f
* (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: [ˈla.ba]

### Noun

laba f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of labă

## Somali
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ɬam-. Cognate to Jiiddu lamma. Rendille lama, Baiso lama, Arbore laamá, Daasanach naama, and Oromo lama.

### Numeral

laba f (variant labo)
* two

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

laba
* 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
* 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
* 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
* that over there, yonder; class 3 remote demonstrative.

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lavar.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

labá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)
* 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
* dilubyo
* labada
* labadora
* labandera
* labanderiya
* labandero
* labatiba
* labatoryo
* letrina
* losyon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lava or English lava.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

laba (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)
* lava

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay laba, from Sanskrit लाभ (lābha, “profit”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /laˈbaʔ/ [lɐˈbaʔ] (“growth, increase; big profit; usury”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -aʔ
** IPA: /ˈlabaʔ/ [ˈlaː.bɐʔ] (“crescent shape”, noun)
*** Rhymes: -abaʔ
* Syllabification: la‧ba

#### Noun

labâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ)
* growth; increase
    Synonyms: laki, paglaki, lago, paglago, tubo, sibol, dagdag
* big profit; big gain
* 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)
* crescent shape (especially the waxing of the moon)

### Anagrams

* alba, Alba, laab, bala, abla, alab

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

### Noun

laba
* (clarification of this definition is needed) foot

#### Inflection
### References

* 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /là.bà/

### Noun

làbà
* 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: /ˈláɓa/

### Pronoun

laba
* these; class 2 proximal demonstrative.

#### Inflection
### References

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