labuh

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [labuh]
  • Rhymes: -abuh
  • Hyphenation: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

  1. to fall

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay labuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (to fall; drop anchor). The sense "to drift or float" is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh).

Pronunciation

Verb

labuh

  1. to anchor
  2. to dock
  3. to drift; to float

Classifier

labuh

  1. (archaic) classifier for blind, curtain, drape

Derived terms

  • (intransitive) berlabuh (to anchor)
  • kepelabuhan
  • (uncommon) labuhan (harbor, port)
  • (transitive) melabuhkan (to anchor)
  • pelabuhan (harbor, ship)
  • labuh api
  • labuh batu

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

labuh

  1. romanization of ꦭꦧꦸꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (to fall; drop anchor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.bʊh/
  • Rhymes: -bʊh
  • Hyphenation: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

  1. to end
  2. to come to an end

Derived terms

  • alabuh
  • alabuhan
  • aṅlabuh
  • aṅlabuhi
  • kalabuh
  • labuhan
  • linabuh
  • linabuhakĕn
  • linabuhan
  • lumabuh
  • malabuh
  • palabwan
  • labuh kapat

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh) (inherited) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • "labuh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (to fall, drop anchor). Compare Indonesian labuh

Verb

labuh (Sundanese script ᮜᮘᮥᮂ)

  1. to fall