labot

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *labut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlabot/ [ˈl̪a.bot]
  • Hyphenation: la‧bot

Noun

lábot (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. business, concern, care
    Synonym: pakiaram
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧bot
  • IPA(key): /laˈbot/ [l̪aˈbot]

Noun

labót (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. (Naga) hole; opening; perforation
    Synonym: luho
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *labut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlabot/ [ˈl̪a.bot̪]
  • Hyphenation: la‧bot

Noun

labot (Badlit spelling ᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. care; concern

Derived terms

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *labut.

Noun

labot

  1. concern

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *raq(ə)but (pull out something rooted in soft matter, as flesh).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlabot/ [ˈlaː.bot̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -abot
  • Syllabification: la‧bot

Noun

labot (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. act of pulling out of seedlings, plants
    Synonym: paglabot

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈbot/ [lɐˈbot̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: la‧bot

Noun

labót (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. curd; rennet
    Synonym: kuwaho

Further reading

  • labot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*raq(e)but”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI