palaba

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From pa- + laba (washing of clothes).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /palaˈba/ [pɐ.lɐˈba]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

Noun

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

  1. washing of clothes

Etymology 2

From pa- + laba (growth).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

palabà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

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

Adjective

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

  1. waxing; growing
Derived terms

Noun

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

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

Further reading

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