labada

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lavada.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈbada/ [lɐˈbaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: la‧ba‧da

Noun

labada (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜇ)

1. laundry; washload (that which needs to be laundered)

   Synonyms: labahin, lalabhan, tubal, marumi

2. laundry (laundered clothes)

   Synonyms: nalabhan, nilabhan

Derived terms

• maglabada

Related terms

• laba

See also

• sinampay
• tubal

Anagrams

• balada, aldaba

Turkish

Alternative forms

• alabada, ılabada, ılıbada, ilibada, ilibade (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لاباده (labada), from Old Anatolian Turkish, from a possibly Proto-Common Turkic form *(a)labVda.

Noun

labada (definite accusative labadayı, plural labadalar)

1. sorrel, dock (Rumex gen. et spp.)

   Synonyms: efelek, evelik

2. (dialectal) white goosefoot (Chenopodium album)

   Synonyms: ak kazayağı, sirken

Declension

Declension of labada

	singular	plural
nominative	labada	labadalar
definite accusative	labadayı	labadaları
dative	labadaya	labadalara
locative	labadada	labadalarda
ablative	labadadan	labadalardan
genitive	labadanın	labadaların

References

• Eren, Hasan (1999), “labada”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 277
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “labada”, in Nişanyan Sözlük