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Iban
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lə.bat/
Adjective
lebat
- thick
- Buk lebat ― Thick hair
- fruitful (of tree)
Lada kami lebat endar bebuah taun tu- Our pepper plants are really fruitful this year.
- heavy (of rain)
- much obtained
Lebat kayau kami sekali tu, nadai siku bala enda bedengah- We gained much while headhunting, not one of us did not take a victim.
- routinely (in speaking and writing)
Leka jaku Laut ‘pentingʼ lebat amat dikena kitai Iban bejaku kemaya haritu.- The Malay loan word 'penting' is routinely used by us Ibans nowadays.
Malay
Pronunciation
Adjective
lebat (Jawi spelling لبت)
- heavy, thick, dense
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