# labo
## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* lab

### Etymology

Short for laboratorium

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: la‧bo

### Noun

labo n (plural labo's, diminutive labootje n)
* (Belgium) lab

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of laboratoire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.bo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

labo m (plural labos)
* (informal) lab (laboratory)

### Anagrams

* loba

## Latin
### Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, be weak”) (reconstructed by de Vaan as *(s)leh₂b-). Cognate with lābor, English sleep.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈla.boː/, [ˈɫ̪äboː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈla.bo/, [ˈläːbo]

### Verb

labō (present infinitive labāre, perfect active labāvī, supine labātum); first conjugation
* to totter, wobble
* to waver or decline
* to slip past, slide by, glide by
* to give way (to)

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “labō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 319-20

### Further reading

* “labo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “labo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* labo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Latvian
### Adjective

labo
* inflection of labs:
** definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
** definite genitive masculine/feminine plural

## Lindu
### Noun

labo
* container for drinking water

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlabo]

### Noun

labo f
* vocative singular of labă

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

labo
* these; class 2 distal demonstrative.

## Swazi
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

labo
* these; class 2 distal demonstrative.

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈlaboʔ/ [ˈlaː.boʔ] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -aboʔ
** IPA: /laˈboʔ/ [lɐˈboʔ] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: la‧bo

#### Noun

labò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)
* turbidity (of liquid)
    Synonyms: labog, labusaw
    Antonyms: linaw, kalinawan
* dimness (of light or one's eyesight)
    Synonyms: lamlam, dilim, kadiliman
* ambiguity; obscurity (of meaning of a word)
    Synonyms: pagkadi-maunawaan, pagkadi-maintindihan
* uncertainty; doubtfulness
    Synonym: kawalang-katiyakan
* lack of understanding; unintelligibility
    Synonyms: di-pagkaunawa, alimim
* lack of proper inking or coloring (as in print)
    Synonyms: pusyaw, kapusyawan
* (figurative, obsolete) noisy, disorderly, and jubilant gathering of people
    Synonyms: saligawsaw, halo

##### Derived terms

* anlabo
* ipagkalabo-labo
* kalabuan
* lumabo
* magkalabo-labo
* magpalabo
* malabo
* malabuan
* manlabo
* nanlalabo
* pagkamalabo
* palabuin
* papanlabuin

#### Adjective

labô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)
* made turbid (of liquid)
    Synonyms: malabo, kulabo

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laˈbo/ [lɐˈbo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: la‧bo

#### Noun

labó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)
* sponginess (of earth or soil)
    Synonym: yabo
* mellowness to the taste; sponginess of consistency (of some fruits, tubers, cereals, etc.)
    Synonym: yabo

##### Derived terms

* kalabuhan
* lumabo
* pagkamalabo

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlabo/ [ˈlaː.bo]
* Rhymes: -abo
* Syllabification: la‧bo

#### Noun

labo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)
* a species of banana

##### See also

* saging

### Anagrams

* bola, balo

## Zulu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /láːɓo/

### Pronoun

labo
* those; class 2 distal demonstrative.

#### Inflection
### References

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