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Bikol Central
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/
Noun
labaha
- razor
- Synonym: pang-ahit
Cebuano
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/
Noun
labaha
- straight razor
- razor
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
Noun
labaha
- 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)
- razor
Maranao
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Noun
labaha
- razor
Pangasinan
Etymology
Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbaha/,
- Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
Noun
labaha
- 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)
- 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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