lebuh
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ləbuəh]
- Hyphenation: le‧buh
Conjunction
lebuh
Preposition
lebuh
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈbuh/ [ləˈbʊh]
- Rhymes: -uh
- Syllabification: le‧buh
Noun
lêbuh (plural lebuh-lebuh)
- (road transport, rare) street, main road, thoroughfare
- (road transport, rare) boulevard
Derived terms
- melebuhkan
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Osing [Term?] (cognate of Javanese ꦊꦧꦸꦃ (lebuh, “uncultivated land; road; rubbish dump”)), from Old Javanese lĕbuh (“open space (road or square) in town or village”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈbuh/ [ləˈbʊh]
- Rhymes: -uh
- Syllabification: le‧buh
Noun
lêbuh (plural lebuh-lebuh)
- final waste disposal site, landfill
- Synonym: tempat pembuangan akhir
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Dairi Batak [Term?]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈbuh/ [ləˈbʊh]
- Rhymes: -uh
- Syllabification: le‧buh
Noun
lêbuh (plural lebuh-lebuh)
- abandoned village
Further reading
- “lebuh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Bahasa Baku) IPA(key): /ləˈbuh/ [ləˈbuh]
- Hyphenation: le‧buh
Noun
lebuh (Jawi spelling لبوه, plural lebuh-lebuh)
Derived terms
- lebuh raya
- lebuh raya bebas (“freeway”)
- lebuh raya ekspres (“expressway”)
- lebuh raya kereta (“motorway”)
Further reading
- “lebuh” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.