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)
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)
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)
- valley
- (archaeology) the low part of the land between the ranah (“field”) or between the ranah (“field”) and the talang (“gutter”).
- a place of stagnant water and deep mud in it
- (dialect: Java) flat area of plantation land
Further reading
- “lebak”, 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
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)
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
- "lebak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
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)
Synonyms
- lembah
- legok
References
- 'LĔBAK', in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij