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

Noun

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

  1. waxing of the moon
  2. crescent moon, or crescent in general
    Synonyms: gasuklay, buwang palaba
Derived terms

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