labaha

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Alternative forms

• nabaha

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) +‎ navaja (“penknife”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
• IPA^(key): /laˈbaha/ [l̪aˈba.ha]

Noun

labaha

1. razor

   Synonym: pang-ahit

Cebuano

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha
• IPA^(key): /laˈbaha/ [l̪ɐˈba.hɐ]

Noun

labaha

1. straight razor
2. razor

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈbaha/ [laˈba.ha]
• Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha

Noun

labaha

1. razor

Ilocano

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈbaha/ [lɐˈba.ha]
• Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha

Noun

labaha (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜊᜑ)

1. razor

Maranao

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) +‎ navaja (“penknife”).

Noun

labaha

1. razor

Pangasinan

Etymology

Clipped compound of Spanish la (“the”) + navaja (“penknife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈbaha/, [laˈba.ha]
• Hyphenation: la‧ba‧ha

Noun

labaha

1. razor

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish navaja (“razor; penknife”) with sound shift from /n/ to /l/, from Vulgar Latin *navācla, from Latin novācula (“razor”). Doublet of labasa and nabasa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈbaha/ [lɐˈbaː.hɐ]
• Rhymes: -aha
• Syllabification: la‧ba‧ha

Noun

labaha (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜑ)

1. razor

   Synonyms: pang-ahit, labasa, (obsolete) kalumpagi, (obsolete) nabasa

Derived terms

• labahahin

Related terms

• labahita

See also

• bleyd

Further reading

• “labaha”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “labaha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 319

Anagrams

• bahala