lambot
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləmbut (“soft”), possibly via Malay lembut. Compare Kapampangan lambut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lamˈbot/, [lɐmˈbot]
- Hyphenation: lam‧bot
Noun
lambót (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆ᜔)
- softness; tenderness
- Synonyms: lata, kalataan, kalambutan, (of fruit) kalamugan
- pliability; flexibleness
- weakness of one's body
- condition of being easily influenced or persuaded
- Synonyms: pagkamasunurin, pagkasunod-sunuran
- (colloquial, slightly derogatory) effeminate mannerisms (of a man)
Derived terms
- kalambutan
- lambot ng buto
- lambutan
- lumambot
- magpalambot
- malambot
- nakapanlalambot
- palambutin
- panlalambot
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