lĕbū

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown. Doublet of lĕbur (“destroyed, annihilated, wiped out, melted, dissolved”, literally “turned into dust”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləbu/
• Rhymes: -bu
• Homophone: lĕbu
• Hyphenation: lĕ‧bū

Noun

lĕbū

1. dust

   Synonyms: buk, dĕbu, dhūli, lĕbū, pāṅśu, rabu, reṇu, rarab, wāluka

Derived terms

• alĕbū-lĕbū
• kalĕbū
• lĕbunĕn

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦊꦧꦸ (lebu) (inherited)

Further reading

• "lĕbū" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.