lebu

See also: Lebu

Bakumpai

Noun

lebu

1. village

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləbu/

Adjective

lebu

1. empty-handed

Javanese

Noun

lebu

1. dust

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləbu/
• Rhymes: -əbu, -bu, -u

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *-bu.

Noun

lebu (Jawi spelling لبو, plural lebu-lebu, informal 1st possessive lebuku, 2nd possessive lebumu, 3rd possessive lebunya)

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Synonyms

• abu / ابو
• debu / دبو
• duli / دولي

Etymology 2

Pronoun

lebu (Jawi spelling لبو)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Synonyms

• aku / اکو
• saya / ساي

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Romanization

lebu

1. Romanization of ᮜᮨᮘᮥ

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English lab.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

lebu (n class, plural lebu)

1. laboratory

   Synonym: maabara

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

lebu

1. rest, relaxation

Inflection

Inflection of lebu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	lebu
genitive sing.	lebun
partitive sing.	lebud
partitive plur.	lebuid
	singular	plural
nominative	lebu	lebud
accusative	lebun	lebud
genitive	lebun	lebuiden
partitive	lebud	lebuid
essive-instructive	lebun	lebuin
translative	lebuks	lebuikš
inessive	lebus	lebuiš
elative	lebuspäi	lebuišpäi
illative	lebuhu	lebuihe
adessive	lebul	lebuil
ablative	lebulpäi	lebuilpäi
allative	lebule	lebuile
abessive	lebuta	lebuita
comitative	lebunke	lebuidenke
prolative	lebudme	lebuidme
approximative I	lebunno	lebuidenno
approximative II	lebunnoks	lebuidennoks
egressive	lebunnopäi	lebuidennopäi
terminative I	lebuhusai	lebuihesai
terminative II	lebulesai	lebuilesai
terminative III	lebussai	—
additive I	lebuhupäi	lebuihepäi
additive II	lebulepäi	lebuilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “отдых”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika