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

See also

Anagrams

Turkish

Alternative forms

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]‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 277
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “labada”, in Nişanyan Sözlük