liban

See also: Liban, Líban, and líbán

Gothic

Romanization

liban

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽

Spanish

Verb

liban

1. third-person plural present indicative of libar

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈliban/ [ˈliː.bɐn̪] (“absent”, adjective; “absence; absentee; postponement”, noun; “except”, preposition)
    • Rhymes: -iban
  • IPA^(key): /liˈban/ [lɪˈban̪] (“habitually absent”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: li‧ban

Adjective

liban (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊᜈ᜔)

1. absent

   Synonyms: di-pumasok, palyo, pumalyo, awsente

Derived terms

• iliban
• ipagpaliban
• libanan
• lumiban
• magpaliban
• maliban
• mapagliban
• mapagpaliban
• pagliban
• pagpapaliban
• pagpapaliban-liban
• palaliban
• paliban-liban

Noun

liban (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊᜈ᜔)

1. absence; non-attendance (in class, work, etc.)

   Synonyms: palya, pagpalya, di-pagpasok

2. absentee

   Synonym: di-pumasok

3. postponement

   Synonyms: pagpapaliban, pagpapaibang-araw

Preposition

liban (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊᜈ᜔)

1. except; unless

   Synonym: maliban

Adjective

libán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊᜈ᜔)

1. habitually absent

   Synonyms: palaliban, mapagliban

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈban/ [lɪˈban̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: li‧ban

Noun

libán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊᜈ᜔) (dialectal, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Mindoro)

1. crossing an obstacle (by jumping or climbing)

   Synonyms: ibag, pag-ibag, lundag, paglundag

2. crossing; passing; going across

   Synonyms: tawid, pagtawid, bagtas, pagbagtas

Further reading

• “liban”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• labin-, banli, linab