labahita

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ba‧hi‧ta

Noun

labahita

  1. a tang, surgeonfish or unicornfish; any member of the family Acanthuridae

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish navajita (“small clasp-knife”) with sound shift from /n/ to /l/. By surface analysis, labaha +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /labaˈhita/ [lɐ.bɐˈhiː.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: la‧ba‧hi‧ta

Noun

labahita (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜑᜒᜆ)

  1. small razor
  2. (zoology) surgeonfish

See also

  • kabkabalan

Further reading

  • “labahita”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “labahita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 415
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