labah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labah/

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• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah

Noun

labah

1. nonstandard form of laba-laba (“spider”)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq Ilocano lawwa, Cebuano lawa & Tausug lawa'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labah/
• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah

Noun

labah (Jawi spelling لابه, plural labah-labah or labah²)

1. spider

   Synonyms: lelabah, laba-laba

Further reading

• "labah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017