gabon

See also: Gabon, Gabón, Gabòn, Gabōn, Gaboń, Gaboŋ, and Gàbọ̀n

Basque

Etymology

From gau (“night”) +‎ on (“good”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡabon/ [ɡa.β̞õn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -abon, -on
  • Hyphenation: ga‧bon

Interjection

gabon

  1. good night
  2. good evening (after 8 PM)

Noun

gabon inan

  1. Christmas
    Synonym: eguberri

Declension

Declension of gabon (inan pl-only C-stem)
indefinite plural proximal plural
absolutive gabon gabonak gabonok
ergative gabonek gabonek gabonok
dative gaboni gabonei gabonoi
genitive gabonen gabonen gabonon
comitative gabonekin gabonekin gabonokin
causative gabonengatik gabonengatik gabonongatik
benefactive gabonentzat gabonentzat gabonontzat
instrumental gabonez gabonez gabonotaz
innesive gabonetan gabonetan gabonotan
locative gabonetako gabonetako gabonotako
allative gabonetara gabonetara gabonotara
terminative gabonetaraino gabonetaraino gabonotaraino
directive gabonetarantz gabonetarantz gabonotarantz
destinative gabonetarako gabonetarako gabonotarako
ablative gabonetatik gabonetatik gabonotatik
partitive gabonik — —
prolative gabontzat — —

Derived terms

  • Gabon egun (“Christmas Eve”)
  • Gabon gau
  • Gabon zahar (“New Year's Eve”)
  • gabon-afari
  • gabon-eske
  • gabon-kanta (“Christmas carol”)
  • gabon-subil
  • gabonsari (“Christmas gift”)
  • gabonzale

Further reading

  • “gabon”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “gabon”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbon/ [ɡɐˈbon̪]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧bon

Noun

gabón (Badlit spelling ᜄᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. fog
  2. cloud
    Synonym: panganod

Higaonon

Noun

gabon

  1. cloud
  2. sky
    Synonym: langit

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈbon/ [ɡaˈbon]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧bon

Noun

gabón

  1. cloud
    Synonym: panganod

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabun.

Noun

gabon

  1. fog
  2. cloud

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabun. Compare with Cebuano gabon,Higaonon gabon, Hiligaynon gabon, Mansaka gabon, Tausug gabun, Maguindanao gabun and Dibabawon Manobo gabun.

Noun

gabon

  1. cloud

References

  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press
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