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Tagalog
Etymology 1
From pa- + laba (“washing of clothes”).
Pronunciation
Noun
palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)
- washing of clothes
Etymology 2
From pa- + laba (“growth”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /paˈlabaʔ/ (“halo of the moon; usury”, noun)
- IPA(key): /palaˈbaʔ/ (“waxing, growing”, adjective; “waxing; crescent moon, crescent”, noun)
- Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba
Noun
palabà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)
- halo of the moon
- Synonym: limbo
- (obsolete) putting a lot of interest on debts; usury
Adjective
palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)
- waxing; growing
Derived terms
Noun
palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)
- waxing of the moon
- crescent moon, or crescent in general
- Synonyms: gasuklay, buwang palaba
Derived terms
Further reading
- “palaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018