lebé

Sundanese

Etymology

From Malay lebai, from Classical Malay لباي (lĕbai), from Tamil லப்பை (lappai), a name of a trading community.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ləˈbɛ]
  • Hyphenation: le‧bé

Noun

lebé or ᮜᮨᮘᮦ • (lebé)

  1. (Islam, religion) mosque official
  2. (Islam, religion) village official in charge of Muslim religious affairs (e.g. marriage or death)
  3. a pious man

References

  1. ^ Jones, R. (2008) [2007] “lebé”, in Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay, Indonesian imprints edition, Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, →ISBN

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