labuh

• IPA^(key): [labuh]
• Rhymes: -abuh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

labuh

1. to fall

Inherited from Malay labuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”). The sense "to drift or float" is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlabuh/ [ˈla.bʊh]
• Rhymes: -abuh
• Syllabification: la‧buh

labuh

1. to anchor
2. to dock
3. to drift; to float

   Synonyms: melarung, menghanyutkan

labuh

1. (archaic) classifier for blind, curtain, drape

labuh (plural labuh-labuh)

1. time of transition from dry season to rainy season; time before rainy season
2. the season when lots of fish appear because there are no waves

• “labuh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

labuh

1. romanization of ꦭꦧꦸꦃ

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈlaboh/ [ˈla.boh]
  • Rhymes: -boh, -oh

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈlabuh/ [ˈla.buh]
  • Rhymes: -buh, -uh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”).^[1]

labuh (Jawi spelling لابوه, comparative lebih labuh, superlative paling labuh)

1. falling while hung from something
2. long vertically (of clothes)

labuh (Jawi spelling لابوه, plural labuh-labuh or labuh²)

1. counter word for curtains

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

labuh (Jawi spelling لابوه) (transitive)

1. (Kedah) to hit (with the hand)

   Synonym: tabuh

• "labuh" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”).

• IPA^(key): /la.bʊh/
• Rhymes: -bʊh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

labuh

1. to end
2. to come to an end

• > Javanese: ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh) (inherited) (see there for further descendants)

• "labuh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall, drop anchor”). Compare Indonesian labuh

labuh (Sundanese script ᮜᮘᮥᮂ)

1. to fall