lebe

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

lebe

1. inflection of leben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person plural subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Malay lebih, from Proto-Malayic *ləbih, from Proto-Austronesian *ləbiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈbɛ/
• Hyphenation: le‧be

Adverb

lebé

1. more (to a greater degree or extent)

   Dorang lebe tau.

   They know more.

2. more, comparative marker

   Ta lebe sanang kalo bakudapa deng dia.

   I would be more happy if I met him.

   Kita lebe bae bailang da.

   I'd rather just disappear.

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lebiq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI