lebat

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lə.bat/

Adjective

lebat

1. thick

   Buk lebat ― Thick hair

2. fruitful (of tree)

   Lada kami lebat endar bebuah taun tu

   Our pepper plants are really fruitful this year.

3. heavy (of rain)
4. much obtained

   Lebat kayau kami sekali tu, nadai siku bala enda bedengah

   We gained much while headhunting, not one of us did not take a victim.

5. routinely (in speaking and writing)

   Leka jaku Laut ‘pentingʼ lebat amat dikena kitai Iban bejaku kemaya haritu.

   The Malay loan word 'penting' is routinely used by us Ibans nowadays.

Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

lebat (Jawi spelling لبت)

1. heavy, thick, dense

Further reading

• “lebat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.