labalaba

See also: laba-laba

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lā.bā.lá.bá/

Ideophone

labalábá

  1. (of an object) being distinctly light and floppy

Noun

labalábá

  1. butterfly, moth
    Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.
    The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.
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