labuh

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [labuh]
• Rhymes: -abuh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

1. to fall

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay labuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”). The sense "to drift or float" is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlabuh/ [ˈla.bʊh]
• Rhymes: -abuh
• Syllabification: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

1. to anchor
2. to dock
3. to drift; to float

   Synonyms: melarung, menghanyutkan

Classifier

labuh

1. (archaic) classifier for blind, curtain, drape

Noun

labuh (plural labuh-labuh)

1. time of transition from dry season to rainy season; time before rainy season
2. the season when lots of fish appear because there are no waves

Derived terms

• (intransitive) berlabuh (“to anchor”)
• kepelabuhan
• (uncommon) labuhan (“harbor, port”)
• (transitive) melabuhkan (“to anchor”)
• pelabuhan (“harbor, ship”)

• labuh api
• labuh batu
• labuh laut
• labuh laut sembonyo

Further reading

• “labuh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

labuh

1. romanization of ꦭꦧꦸꦃ

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈlaboh/ [ˈla.boh]
  • Rhymes: -boh, -oh

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈlabuh/ [ˈla.buh]
  • Rhymes: -buh, -uh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”).

Adjective

labuh (Jawi spelling لابوه, comparative lebih labuh, superlative paling labuh)

1. falling while hung from something
2. long vertically (of clothes)

Noun

labuh (Jawi spelling لابوه, plural labuh-labuh or labuh²)

1. counter word for curtains

Derived terms

Affixations

• berlabuh
• labuhan (dated)
• melabuh
• melabuhkan
• pelabuhan

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

labuh (Jawi spelling لابوه) (transitive)

1. (Kedah) to hit (with the hand)

   Synonym: tabuh

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bʊh/
• Rhymes: -bʊh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

1. to end
2. to come to an end

Derived terms

• alabuh
• alabuhan
• aṅlabuh
• aṅlabuhi
• kalabuh
• labuhan
• linabuh
• linabuhakĕn
• linabuhan
• lumabuh
• malabuh
• palabwan

• labuh kapat

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh) (inherited) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall, drop anchor”). Compare Indonesian labuh

Verb

labuh (Sundanese script ᮜᮘᮥᮂ)

1. to fall