labo

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See also: lábɔ

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short for laboratorium

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: la‧bo

Noun

labo n (plural labo's, diminutive labootje n)

  1. (Belgium) lab

French

Etymology

Clipping of laboratoire.

Pronunciation

Noun

labo m (plural labos)

  1. (informal) lab (laboratory)

Anagrams

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.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

labō (present infinitive labāre, perfect active labāvī, supine labātum); first conjugation

  1. to totter, wobble
  2. to waver or decline
  3. to slip past, slide by, glide by
  4. to give way (to)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 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

  1. inflection of labais:
    1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Lindu

Noun

labo

  1. container for drinking water

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

labo f

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. these; class 2 distal demonstrative.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

labò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

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

Adjective

labô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

  1. made turbid (of liquid)
    Synonyms: malabo, kulabo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

labó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

  1. sponginess (of earth or soil)
    Synonym: yabo
  2. mellowness to the taste; sponginess of consistency (of some fruits, tubers, cereals, etc.)
    Synonym: yabo
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

labo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓ)

  1. a species of banana
See also

Anagrams

Zulu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

labo

  1. those; class 2 distal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -lábo
Full form lábo
Locative kulabo
Full form lábo
Locative kulabo
Copulative yilabo
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 walabo owalabo
Class 2 balabo abalabo
Class 3 walabo owalabo
Class 4 yalabo eyalabo
Class 5 lalabo elalabo
Class 6 alabo awalabo
Class 7 salabo esalabo
Class 8 zalabo ezalabo
Class 9 yalabo eyalabo
Class 10 zalabo ezalabo
Class 11 lwalabo olwalabo
Class 14 balabo obalabo
Class 15 kwalabo okwalabo
Class 17 kwalabo okwalabo

References