gabon

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

Basque

Etymology

From gau (“night”) +‎ on (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡabon/ [ɡa.β̞õn]

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• 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
inessive	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