palaba

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From pa- +‎ laba (“washing of clothes”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧ba
• IPA^(key): /palaˈba/, [pɐ.lɐˈba]

Noun

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. washing of clothes

Etymology 2

From pa- +‎ laba (“growth”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧ba
• IPA^(key): /paˈlabaʔ/, [pɐˈla.bɐʔ] (noun:halo of the moon; usury)
• IPA^(key): /palaˈbaʔ/, [pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (adjective:waxing, noun:waxing)

Noun

palabà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. halo of the moon

   Synonym: limbo

2. (obsolete) putting a lot of interest on debts; usury

Adjective

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. waxing; growing

Derived terms

• buwang palaba

 

Noun

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. waxing of the moon
2. crescent moon, or crescent in general

   Synonyms: gasuklay, buwang palaba

Derived terms

• ipagpalaba
• magpalaba
• makipalaba

 

Further reading

• “palaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018