labuh

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [labuh]
• Rhymes: -buh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

1. to fall

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay labuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”). The sense "to drift or float" is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlabuh/ [ˈla.bʊh]
• Rhymes: -abuh
• Syllabification: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

1. to anchor
2. to dock
3. to drift; to float

Conjugation

Conjugation of labuh (ber-, intransitive)
Root	labuh
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	berlabuh	terlabuh	dilabuh	labuh	labuhlah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	melabuhkan	terlabuhkan	dilabuhkan	labuhkan	labuhkanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	memperlabuhkan	terperlabuhkan	diperlabuhkan	perlabuhkan	perlabuhkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Classifier

labuh

1. (archaic) classifier for blind, curtain, drape.

Derived terms

• berlabuh
• dilabuhkan
• kepelabuhan
• labuhan
• melabuhkan
• pelabuhan

 

• labuh api
• labuh batu

 

Further reading

• “labuh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

labuh

1. Romanization of ꦭꦧꦸꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq (“to fall; drop anchor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bʊh/
• Rhymes: -bʊh
• Hyphenation: la‧buh

Verb

labuh

1. to end
2. to come to an end

Derived terms

• alabuh
• alabuhan
• aṅlabuh
• aṅlabuhi
• kalabuh
• labuhan
• linabuh
• linabuhakĕn
• linabuhan
• lumabuh
• malabuh
• palabwan

 

• labuh kapat

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh) (inherited) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• "labuh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Romanization

labuh

1. Romanization of ᮜᮘᮥᮂ