Cebuano
v. 1. cross something, go across, bring across. Mulabang na ta, rid láyit na, Let’s cross now. It’s red light. Labangun pa nímu ang pitu ka lawud úsà ku nímu maangkun, You cannot have me (lit. you have to cross seven seas before you can possess me). Ilabang siya ngadtu sa píkas, Bring her across the street; 2. pass examinations. Gamay ra ang milabang sa pasúlit sa pagkaduktur, Only a few people passed the doctor’s examination; 3. come through a crisis. Labangun (labangan) pa nímu ang túmang kaguul, You will have to pass through great sorrow; 4. surpass. Labangan pa kunu níya ang ríkurd ni Sulayman, She says she will beat Sulaiman’s record. Ayaw ilabang sa napúlù ang ímung pagkúhà, Don’t take more than ten; n. place across from something Ang ílang baul náa sa labang sa sapà, Their field is across the river. — pa, sa further than, more than. Labang pa niánà ang ákung buhátun ug tagáan kug higayun, I’ll do more than that if I’m given the chance. —, -un ug pitu ka lawud may it not happen, may it be impossible (lit. have to cross seven seas to commit). Simbaku. Labangun (ilabang) ug pitu ka lawud nga mamatay, God forbid. Let it not happen that he die! -unun(←) n. things one has to surmount, trials to which one is put. -anan(←), labnganan n. place one crosses.