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labuh

Pronunciation: /ˈlabuh/

“labuh” is an Indonesian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

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

classifier

  1. classifier for blind, curtain, drape

noun

  1. time of transition from dry season to rainy season; time before rainy season
  2. the season when lots of fish appear because there are no waves

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). Cognate with Javanese ꦭꦧꦸꦃ (labuh) and Sundanese labuh (“to fall”).

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