lablab

From the taxonomic New Latin Lablab.

lablab (plural lablabs)

1. Any of the twining leguminous plants related to the bean, especially the hyacinth bean.

• llabalba

Onomatopoeic. The root may be inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare لبلب (lablab, “speaking fluently”) in Mid-Eastern dialects.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlab.lap/
• Rhymes: -ablap

lablab (imperfect jlablab, verbal noun lablab)

1. to babble, chatter, talk much and idly
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 6:7:

     Intom u titolbu toqogħdux tlabalbu bħall-pagani; dawn mingħalihom li, iktar ma jgħidu, iktar jinstemgħu.

     New International Version translation: And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

• IPA^(key): /labˈlaːp/
• Rhymes: -aːp

• lablib, labalbazzjoni

lablab m

1. verbal noun of lablab: babbling, chatter, idle talk

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /labˈlab/ [lɐbˈlab̚]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: lab‧lab

labláb (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ᜔ᜎᜊ᜔)

1. mud; silt

   Synonyms: putik, pusali

2. miry place; muddy swamp

   Synonyms: labwab, labon, tanlak, lati

3. noisy manner of hurried eating (as of dogs and pigs)

   Synonyms: habhab, sabsab, laklak

labláb (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ᜔ᜎᜊ᜔)

1. flame

   Synonyms: ningas, alab, liyab

2. roasting on an open fire (of meat, fish, etc.)

labláb (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ᜔ᜎᜊ᜔)

1. roasted over an open fire (of meat, fish, etc.)

• balbal