kaban

See also: Kaban

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈban/ [kaˈban̪]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ban

Noun

kabán (Basahan spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔)

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/ [kəˈbäːn]
• 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

Declension of kaban

	singular	plural
nominative	kaban	kabany
genitive	kabana	kabanów
dative	kabanowi	kabanom
accusative	kabana	kabany
instrumental	kabanem	kabanami
locative	kabanie	kabanach
vocative	kabanie	kabany

Derived terms

adjective

• kabani

 

nouns

• kabanina
• kabanos

 

Further reading

• kaban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caban — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“storage chest”). Compare Pangasinan kaban Hanunoo kaban, Bikol Central kaban, Aklanon kaban, Cebuano kaban, Maranao kaban, Western Bukidnon Manobo kavan, Tausug kaban, and Malay keban. See also 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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈban/ [kɐˈban̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

Noun

kabán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔)

1. chest; trunk (especially one for clothes)

   Synonym: baul

2. (Christianity, Islam) ark
3. treasury; coffers (supply or store of money)

   Synonyms: ingatang-yaman, tesoreriya, pinansas

   kaban ng bayan ― public treasury (literally, “coffers of the people”)

Derived terms

• ikaban
• Kaban ng Tipan
• kaban-kabanan
• kabanan
• kabanin
• magkaban
• panday-kaban

 

Etymology 2

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, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“dry measure for grain etc.”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈban/ [kɐˈban̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

Noun

kabán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔)

1. cavan (a measurement of around 75 liters)
   1. a sack (e.g. of rice)

      Synonym: sako

Derived terms

• kabanan
• kabanin
• mangaban
• pagkaban-kabanin
• sangkaban

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: caván

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban (“companion, member of a group (of animals or people); friend”). Doublet of kawan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaban/ [ˈkaː.bɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -aban
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

Noun

kaban (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. herd; flock; swarm (of animals)

   Synonyms: kawan, kamada, grupo, langkay, pulutong, ganado, kuyog

   kabang ibon ― flock of birds

   tatlong kabang baka ― three herds of cattle

   isang kaban ng baboy ― one herd of pigs

   isang kabang pukyutan ― a swarm of bees

Derived terms

• magkaban
• magkaban-kaban
• pagkabanan
• sangkaban

 

Further reading

• “kaban” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kaban”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaban₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “dry measure for grain”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaban₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• banak

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /kaban/ [k̠ɑˈβan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧ban

Noun

kaban (Sulat Sūg spelling كَبَنْ)

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

Inflection
Nominative	kaban
Definite accusative	kabanı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kaban	kabanlar
Definite accusative	kabanı	kabanları
Dative	kabana	kabanlara
Locative	kabanda	kabanlarda
Ablative	kabandan	kabanlardan
Genitive	kabanın	kabanların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kabanım kabanlarım 2nd singular kabanın kabanların 3rd singular kabanı kabanları 1st plural kabanımız kabanlarımız 2nd plural kabanınız kabanlarınız 3rd plural kabanları kabanları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kabanımı kabanlarımı 2nd singular kabanını kabanlarını 3rd singular kabanını kabanlarını 1st plural kabanımızı kabanlarımızı 2nd plural kabanınızı kabanlarınızı 3rd plural kabanlarını kabanlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kabanıma kabanlarıma 2nd singular kabanına kabanlarına 3rd singular kabanına kabanlarına 1st plural kabanımıza kabanlarımıza 2nd plural kabanınıza kabanlarınıza 3rd plural kabanlarına kabanlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kabanımda kabanlarımda 2nd singular kabanında kabanlarında 3rd singular kabanında kabanlarında 1st plural kabanımızda kabanlarımızda 2nd plural kabanınızda kabanlarınızda 3rd plural kabanlarında kabanlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kabanımdan kabanlarımdan 2nd singular kabanından kabanlarından 3rd singular kabanından kabanlarından 1st plural kabanımızdan kabanlarımızdan 2nd plural kabanınızdan kabanlarınızdan 3rd plural kabanlarından kabanlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kabanımın kabanlarımın 2nd singular kabanının kabanlarının 3rd singular kabanının kabanlarının 1st plural kabanımızın kabanlarımızın 2nd plural kabanınızın kabanlarınızın 3rd plural kabanlarının kabanlarının

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ban̪/

Verb

kaban

1. (stative) to be wet

Conjugation

Conjugation of kaban (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tikaban	mikaban	akaban
2nd person		nikaban	fikaban
3rd person	inanimate	ikaban	dikaban
	animate	makaban
imperative		—, kaban	—, kaban

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[4], Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[5], Pacific linguistics