labalaba

See also: laba-laba

Yoruba

Labalábá

Alternative forms

• laba-lábá

Etymology

Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lā.bā.lá.bá/

Ideophone

labalábá

1. (of an object) being distinctly light and floppy

Noun

labalábá

1. butterfly, moth

   Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.

   The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.

Related terms

• àfòpiná (“moth”)
• òólá (“moth”)