lebak

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mentawai [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlebak/ [ˈle.bak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ebak
  • Syllabification: le‧bak

Noun

lebak (plural lebak-lebak)

  1. calm sea water

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Inherited from Malay lebak.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈbak/ [ləˈbak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: le‧bak
  • Homophone: Lebak

Noun

lebak (plural lebak-lebak)

  1. smack, thud
    Synonym: debak
Derived terms
  • berlebak

Etymology 3

Ultimately from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (ravine, glen, valley).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈbak/ [ləˈbak̚]
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: le‧bak
  • Homophone: Lebak

Noun

lebak (plural lebak-lebak)

  1. valley
  2. (archaeology) the low part of the land between the ranah (field) or between the ranah (field) and the talang (gutter).
  3. a place of stagnant water and deep mud in it
  4. (dialect: Java) flat area of plantation land

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ləbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (pound, thud).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈbak/ [ləˈbaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: le‧bak

Noun

lebak (Jawi spelling لبق, plural lebak-lebak or lebak2)

  1. thud (the sound of a dull impact)
    Synonym: debak

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: lebak (inherited)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lebak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Sundanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (ravine, glen, valley). Cognate with Tagalog lubak, Maguindanao lebak, and Tausug lubbak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləbak/

Noun

lebak (Sundanese script ᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪)

  1. valley; dale
  2. lowland

Synonyms

References