lebih

Inherited from Malay lebih, from Proto-Malayic *ləbih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbiq (“excess, surplus”). Cognate with Minangkabau labiah, Javanese luwih, Tagalog labì (“fragment, remnant, remains”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈbih/ [ləˈbɪh]
• Rhymes: -ih
• Syllabification: le‧bih

lêbih

1. more, to a greater degree or extent

   Aku lebih suka dendeng dibanding rendang.

   I like jerky more than rendang.

2. more (used to mark comparative adjective)

   lebih dingin ― colder, more cold

   Dia lebih kaya daripada kamu.

   He is richer than you.

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ləbih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbiq. Cognate with Javanese luwih.

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ləˈbeh/ [ləˈbeh]
  • Rhymes: -əbeh, -beh, -eh

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ləˈbih/ [ləˈbih]
  • Rhymes: -əbih, -bih, -ih
• Hyphenation: le‧bih

lebih (Jawi spelling لبيه, plural lebih-lebih or lebih²)

1. remainder

   Synonyms: baki, sisa

lebih (Jawi spelling لبيه)

1. more, over, -er

   Synonym: lagi

   Harga minyak di Malaysia jauh lebih rendah berbanding di Amerika.

   The cost of fuel in Malaysia is much lower compared to in America.

• > Indonesian: lebih (inherited)

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