LABAN

lában v {1} [A; b] take sides with.
Mulában ku nímu ug hustu ka, Ill go to your defense if you are right.
Gilabánan sa Yúis ang Israil, The U.
S.
took sides with Israel.
{1a} sa nigusyu cooperate in making a business do well.
Dúnay mga tindírang dílì mulában sa nigusyu sa ílang agáwun, Some salesgirls do not do anything to help their masters business.
{2} [A; b(1)] defend s.
o.
in a lawsuit.
Si Aturni Katunggal ang mulában sa ákung kásu, Attorney Catunggal is defending me in a lawsuit.
{2a} [A; b] defend ones honor, uphold the stand he has taken.
Naglában lang ku sa ákung dungug sa pagpatay ku níya, I killed him in defense of my honor.
Gilabánan níya ang íyang barugánan, He stood by his principles.
paN- v be a lawyer by occupation.
n occupation of lawyer.
-an() a tending to take sides with ones child or other person in whom one is interested.
Ayg pakig-áway ánang bat-ána kay labanan ra ba kaáyu nag inahan, Dont quarrel with that child because his mother tends to take sides with him.
v [B126] become one who mixes in quarrels.
maN-r-n attorney.