libat

See also: líbat

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

libat

1. strabismus

Adjective

libat

1. cross-eyed; squint-eyed

Etymology 2

By rhyming with low batt, short for low battery.

Adjective

libat

1. (slang, of a device) having little or no power

Verb

libat

1. (slang, of a device) to have little or no power

Anagrams

• batil, bilat, labit, latbi, tabil

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay libat.

Verb

libat (active melibat, reflexive passive terlibat, ordinary passive dilibat)

1. basic form of melibat (“to wrap up, bandage”)

Derived terms

• berlibat-libat
• keterlibatan
• melibat
• melibatkan
• memperlibat
• menterlibatkan
• sekelibat
• selibat
• terlibat

Further reading

• “libat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Verb

lībat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of lībō

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [li.bat]
• Rhymes: -bat, -at
• Hyphenation: li‧bat

Verb

libat (used in the form melibat, Jawi spelling مليبت)

1. to be wrapped around

   Ular itu melibat pada cabang pokok itu.

   That snake is wrapped around the tree branch.

Affixations

• keterlibatan (“involvement”)
• libati (“to partake in”)
• libatkan (“to involve”)
• pelibatan
• penglibatan (“involvement; commitment”)
• terlibat (“involved; wrapped around”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: libat (inherited)

Further reading

• "libat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tausug

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /libat/ [lɪˈβat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: li‧bat

Adjective

libat (Sulat Sūg spelling لِبَتْ)

1. cross-eyed, squint-eyed

   Libat hi Kadder.

   Kadder is a cross-eyed person.

Waray-Waray

Adjective

libát

1. cross-eyed, squint-eyed