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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish joven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoben/
- Hyphenation: ho‧ben
Adjective
hóben (plural horoben, intensified hobenon, plural intensified horobenon, Basahan spelling ᜑᜓᜊᜒᜈ᜔)
- young; junior
- Synonyms: aki, akos
- Antonym: gurang
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German hōpen, the oblique form of hōp(e), see hob. Compare German ein Haufen (“loads of”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hoben (uninflected)
- lots of, loads of (normally with the indefinite article and a following appositional noun)
Der var en hoben mennesker på gaderne.- There were loads of people in the streets.
- (rare) heap
- 1992, radio broadcast from Danmarks Radio, quoted after Den Danske Ordbog:
Alle hans penge, de lå i en stor hoben foran Mads Speiser.- Alle his money was lying in a buge heap before Mads Speiser.
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Verb
hoben
- first/third-person plural preterite of heben
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse höfuðbendur.[1]
Noun
hoben oblique singular, m (oblique plural hobens, nominative singular hobens, nominative plural hoben)
- (nautical) shroud
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