labalaba

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Yoruba

Labalábá

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense

Pronunciation

Ideophone

labalábá

  1. (of an object) being distinctly light and floppy

Noun

labalábá

  1. butterfly, moth
    Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.
    The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.