lebak

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ləbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (“pound, thud”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈbak/ [ləˈbaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Hyphenation: le‧bak

Noun

lebak (Jawi spelling لبق, plural lebak-lebak)

  1. thud (the sound of a dull impact)
    Synonym: debak

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lebak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Sundanese

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (“ravine, glen, valley”). Cognate with Tagalog lubak, Maguindanao lebak, and Tausug lubbak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləbak/

Noun

lebak (Sundanese script ᮜᮨᮘᮊ᮪)

  1. valley; dale
  2. lowland

Synonyms

References

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