labaha

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Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (the) +‎ navaja (penknife).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
  • IPA(key): /laˈbaha/

Noun

labaha

  1. razor
    Synonym: pang-ahit

Cebuano

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (the) + navaja (penknife).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
  • IPA(key): /laˈbaha/

Noun

labaha

  1. straight razor
  2. razor

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (the) + navaja (penknife).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈbaha/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha

Noun

labaha

  1. razor

Ilocano

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (the) + navaja (penknife).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈbaha/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha

Noun

labaha (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜊᜑ)

  1. razor

Maranao

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (the) +‎ navaja (penknife).

Noun

labaha

  1. razor

Pangasinan

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (the) + navaja (penknife).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈbaha/,
  • Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha

Noun

labaha

  1. razor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish navaja (razor; penknife) with sound shift from /n/ to /l/. Doublet of labasa and nabasa.

Pronunciation

Noun

labaha (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜑ)

  1. razor
    Synonyms: pang-ahit, labasa, (obsolete) kalumpagi, (obsolete) nabasa

Derived terms

Further reading

  • labaha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 319

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