palaba

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From pa- +‎ laba (“washing of clothes”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

  1. washing of clothes

Etymology 2[edit]

From pa- +‎ laba (“growth”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /paˈlabaʔ/ [pɐˈla.bɐʔ] (“halo of the moon; usury”, noun)
    • IPA(key): /palaˈbaʔ/ [pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (“waxing, growing”, adjective; “waxing; crescent moon, crescent”, noun)
  • Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

Noun[edit]

palabà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

  1. halo of the moon
    Synonym: limbo
  2. (obsolete) putting a lot of interest on debts; usury

Adjective[edit]

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

  1. waxing; growing
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

  1. waxing of the moon
  2. crescent moon, or crescent in general
    Synonyms: gasuklay, buwang palaba
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “palaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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