labaha
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/ [l̪aˈba.ha]
Noun
labaha
Cebuano
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/ [l̪ɐˈba.hɐ]
Noun
labaha
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/ [laˈba.ha]
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
Noun
labaha
Ilocano
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/ [lɐˈba.ha]
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
Noun
labaha (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜊᜑ)
Maranao
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Noun
labaha
Pangasinan
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/, [laˈba.ha]
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
Noun
labaha
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish navaja (“razor; penknife”) with sound shift from /n/ to /l/, from Vulgar Latin *navācla, from Latin novācula (“razor”). Doublet of labasa and nabasa.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈbaha/ [lɐˈbaː.hɐ]
- Rhymes: -aha
- Syllabification: la‧ba‧ha
Noun
labaha (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜑ)
Derived terms
- labahahin
Related terms
See also
- bleyd
Further reading
- “labaha”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “labaha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 319