lebak

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mentawai [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlebak/ [ˈle.bak̚]
• Rhymes: -ebak
• Syllabification: le‧bak

Noun

lebak (plural lebak-lebak)

1. calm sea water

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Inherited from Malay lebak.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈbak/ [ləˈbak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: le‧bak
• Homophone: Lebak

Noun

lebak (plural lebak-lebak)

1. smack, thud

   Synonym: debak

Derived terms

• berlebak

Etymology 3

Ultimately from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (“ravine, glen, valley”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈbak/ [ləˈbak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: le‧bak
• Homophone: Lebak

Noun

lebak (plural lebak-lebak)

1. valley
2. (archaeology) the low part of the land between the ranah (“field”) or between the ranah (“field”) and the talang (“gutter”).
3. a place of stagnant water and deep mud in it
4. (dialect: Java) flat area of plantation land

Further reading

• “lebak”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ləbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (“pound, thud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈbak/ [ləˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: le‧bak

Noun

lebak (Jawi spelling لبق, plural lebak-lebak or lebak²)

1. thud (the sound of a dull impact)

   Synonym: debak

Descendants

• > Indonesian: lebak (inherited)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lebak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• "lebak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "lebak" at PRPM first version)

Sundanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (“ravine, glen, valley”). Cognate with Tagalog lubak, Maguindanao lebak, and Tausug lubbak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləbak/

Noun

lebak (Sundanese spelling ᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪)

1. valley; dale
2. lowland

Synonyms

• lembah
• legok

References

• 'LĔBAK', in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij