lebah

Indonesian

lebah (“bee”)

Etymology

From Malay lebah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lê‧bah

Noun

lêbah (first-person possessive lebahku, second-person possessive lebahmu, third-person possessive lebahnya)

1. bee (insect)

   Synonym: tawon

   Hypernym: serangga

Derived terms

• lebah bergantung
• lebah madu (“honeybee”)

See also

• madu (“honey”)
• tabuhan (“hornet”)

Further reading

• “lebah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

Compare Toba Batak loba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.bah/
• Rhymes: -bah, -ah

Noun

lebah (Jawi spelling لبه, plural lebah-lebah, informal 1st possessive lebahku, 2nd possessive lebahmu, 3rd possessive lebahnya)

1. bee (insect)

   Hypernym: serangga

Derived terms

• lebah bergantung
• lebah madu (“honeybee”)
• seperti lebah, mulut bawa madu, pantat bawa sengat

Descendants

• Indonesian: lebah

See also

• madu (“honey”)
• penyengat (“wasp”)
• tebuan (“hornet”)

Further reading

• “lebah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "lebah" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.