palaba

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From pa- +‎ laba (“washing of clothes”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palaˈba/ [pɐ.lɐˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

Noun

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. washing of clothes

Etymology 2

From pa- +‎ laba (“growth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈlabaʔ/ [pɐˈlaː.bɐʔ] (“halo of the moon; usury”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -abaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /palaˈbaʔ/ [pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (“waxing, growing”, adjective; “waxing; crescent moon, crescent”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

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

• buwang palaba

Noun

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. waxing of the moon
2. crescent moon, or crescent in general

   Synonyms: gasuklay, buwang palaba

Derived terms

• ipagpalaba
• magpalaba
• makipalaba

Verb

palabá (complete pinalaba, progressive pinapalaba, contemplative papalaba, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. (informal) short for ipalaba

Verb

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. (imperative, colloquial) short for pakilaba
2. (transitive, colloquial) short for nagpalaba

Further reading

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