palaba

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palaˈba/ [pɐ.lɐˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

Noun

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. washing of clothes

Etymology 2

From pa- +‎ laba (“growth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈlabaʔ/ [pɐˈlaː.bɐʔ] (“halo of the moon; usury”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -abaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /palaˈbaʔ/ [pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (“waxing, growing”, adjective; “waxing; crescent moon, crescent”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

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