labalaba
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See also: laba-laba
Yoruba
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense
Pronunciation
[edit]Ideophone
[edit]labalábá
- (of an object) being distinctly light and floppy
Noun
[edit]labalábá
- butterfly, moth
- Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.
- The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.