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Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “greed, intense desire”). Compare Malay loba.
Pronunciation
Noun
lubhâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑ)
- severity; seriousness; gravity (of sickness, etc.)
Derived terms
Adverb
lubhâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑ)
- extremely; very; too
- Lubha kang masaya ngayon. ― You look very happy today.
Further reading
- “lubha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 202