labuh

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Iban

Pronunciation

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

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

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
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