labah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labah/

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• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah

Noun

labah

1. Nonstandard form of laba-laba (“spider”).

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq (compare Ilocano lawwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labah/
• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah

Noun

labah (Jawi spelling لابه, plural labah-labah, informal 1st possessive labahku, 2nd possessive labahmu, 3rd possessive labahnya)

1. spider

   Synonyms: lelabah, laba-laba

Further reading

• “labah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.