labu

labu

1. duck

From Malay labu, from Sanskrit अलाबु (alābu), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rbaw, *baw (“gourd”).

labu (first-person possessive labuku, second-person possessive labumu, third-person possessive labunya)

1. pumpkin (plant)
   • 1958, Pancasila Dasar Negara 2:

     Bahkan, karena barangkali tidak ada buah labu, wanita yang menggali tanah liat, dibentuknya dengan cara yang amat premitif, akhirnya menjadi semacam periuk.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• IPA^(key): /la˥.bu˥/

labu

1. hut

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 47

labu

1. inflection of labs:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

labú

1. paddy; rice field

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *labuq₂ (“the bottle gourd: Lagenaria siceraria”); reconstructed by Robert Blust (compare Tboli labuk (“the bottle gourd: Lagenaria siceraria”), Central Dusun hobuʔ (“calabash, type of gourd”)).[1]

Or probably from Sanskrit अलाबु (alābu).

• Note that the reconstruction by Blust explained the final glottal stop in some languages that doesn't have in the Sanskrit alābu.

labu (Jawi spelling لابو‎, plural labu-labu, informal 1st possessive labuku, 2nd possessive labumu, 3rd possessive labunya)

1. gourd
2. pumpkin
3. calabash

• “labu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

labu

1. fight