palaba

From pa- +‎ laba (“washing of clothes”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palaˈba/ [pɐ.lɐˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. washing of clothes

From pa- +‎ laba (“growth”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈlabaʔ/ [pɐˈlaː.bɐʔ] (“halo of the moon; usury”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -abaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /palaˈbaʔ/ [pɐ.lɐˈbaʔ] (“waxing, growing”, adjective; “waxing; crescent moon, crescent”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧ba

palabà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. halo of the moon

   Synonym: limbo

2. (obsolete) putting a lot of interest on debts; usury

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. waxing; growing

palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. waxing of the moon
2. crescent moon, or crescent in general

   Synonyms: gasuklay, buwang palaba

palabá (complete pinalaba, progressive pinapalaba, contemplative papalaba, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. (informal) short for ipalaba

palabá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ)

1. (imperative, colloquial) short for pakilaba
2. (transitive, colloquial) short for nagpalaba

• “palaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018