Iban edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /lə.bat/

Adjective edit

lebat

  1. thick
    Buk lebatThick 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lebat (Jawi spelling لبت)

  1. heavy, thick, dense

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