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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish habano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈbano/
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no
Noun
abano (Badlit spelling ᜀᜊᜈᜓ)
- a Havana cigar
- the wrapper of such cigar
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbano/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no
Etymology 1
Probably from a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).[1]
Noun
abano m (plural abanos)
- fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)
- Synonyms: abanador, abanico
- the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abano”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abano”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abano”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
abano
- first-person singular present indicative of abanar
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Spanish habano.
Noun
abáno
- a cigar made by machinery
Indonesian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
abano (first-person possessive abanoku, second-person possessive abanomu, third-person possessive abanonya)
- Sterculia foetida.
- Synonyms: jangkang, kelumpang, kepuh
Further reading
Maranao
Etymology
From Spanish habano.
Noun
abano
- cigar
References
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
abano m (plural abanos)
- fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)
- Synonyms: abanador, flabelo, leque, ventarola
- the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
abano
- first-person singular present indicative of abanar
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Portuguese abano. Cognate with English fan.
Noun
abano m (plural abanos)
- ceiling fan
- Synonyms: abanico, ventilador
- fly-chaser (tool to chase flies from an area)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
abano
- first-person singular present indicative of abanar
Further reading