kaban

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ban
• IPA^(key): /kaˈban/,

Noun

kabán

1. chest (wooden box)
2. trunk

   Synonyms: maleta, baul

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaban/

Noun

kaban

1. friend

Derived terms

• bekaban

Japanese

Romanization

kaban

1. Rōmaji transcription of かばん

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈban/,
• Hyphenation: ka‧ban

Noun

kaban

1. chest; trunk; bag

   Synonym: baul

2. (Christianity) ark
3. cavan (a measurement of around 75 liters)
   1. a sack (e.g rice)

   Synonyms: saku, langgotsi

Mansaka

Noun

kaban

1. chest (container)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian каба́н (kabán), from a Turkic language (Tatar kaban, Azerbaijani qaban, Kazakh қабан (qaban)); cognate with Turkish yaban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ban/

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• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

Noun

kaban m animal

1. hog

   Synonym: wieprz

2. boar

   Synonym: knur

3. pig

   Synonym: świnia

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• kaban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caban — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

According to Blust (2010–), it is listed as a loan distributed among many Philippine languages, such as Ilocano kaban, Kankanaey kaban, Pangasinan kaban, Kasiguranin kaban, Bikol Central kaban, Cebuano kaban, Agutaynen kaban, and many more, which may possibly be from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“dry measure for grain etc.”). Compare Japanese 鞄(かばん) (kaban, “bag”), Hokkien 合萬／合万 (kap-bān, “cashbox; till”), Teochew 合萬／合万 (kap buāng, “safebox”), Cantonese 夾萬／夹万 (gaap³ maan⁶, “safebox”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈban/,
• Hyphenation: ka‧ban

Noun

kabán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔)

1. chest; trunk (especially one for clothes)

   Synonym: baul

2. (Christianity, Islam) ark
3. cavan (a measurement of around 75 liters)
   1. a sack (e.g rice)

      Synonym: sako

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Spanish: caván

References

Further reading

• “kaban”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Noun

kaban

1. coffin (specifically, a closed one)

Related terms

• lalungan (“(open) coffin”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قابان (kaban), from French caban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐ.ban/

Noun

kaban (definite accusative kabanı, plural kabanlar)

1. coat

Declension

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ban̪/

Verb

kaban

1. (stative) to be wet

Conjugation

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics