lebih
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Malay lebih, from Proto-Malayic *ləbih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbiq (“excess, surplus”). Cognate with Minangkabau labiah, Javanese luwih, Tagalog labì (“fragment, remnant, remains”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈbih/ [ləˈbɪh]
- Rhymes: -ih
- Syllabification: le‧bih
Adverb
[edit]lêbih
- more, to a greater degree or extent
- Aku lebih suka dendeng dibanding rendang.
- I like jerky more than rendang.
- more (used to mark comparative adjective)
- lebih dingin ― colder, more cold
- Dia lebih kaya daripada kamu.
- He is richer than you.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lebih”, 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
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lebiq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ləbih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbiq. Cognate with Javanese luwih.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lebih (Jawi spelling لبيه, plural lebih-lebih or lebih2)
Adverb
[edit]lebih (Jawi spelling لبيه)
- more, over, -er
- Synonym: lagi
- Harga minyak di Malaysia jauh lebih rendah berbanding di Amerika.
- The cost of fuel in Malaysia is much lower compared to in America.
Derived terms
[edit]Affixations
Descendants
[edit]- > Indonesian: lebih (inherited)
Further reading
[edit]- “lebih”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ih
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ih/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian adverbs
- Indonesian terms with usage examples
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/əbeh
- Rhymes:Malay/əbeh/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/beh
- Rhymes:Malay/beh/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/eh
- Rhymes:Malay/eh/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/əbih
- Rhymes:Malay/əbih/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/bih
- Rhymes:Malay/bih/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/ih
- Rhymes:Malay/ih/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay adverbs
- Malay terms with usage examples
- Malay degree adverbs