labot

Bikol Central

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

• daing labot
• makilabot

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

labót (Basahan spelling ᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

1. (Naga) hole; opening; perforation

   Synonym: luho

Derived terms

• labotan
• maglabot
• makalabot
• malabot
• manglabot

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

• hilabot
• hilabtanon
• labotlabot
• pangilabot
• wala koy labot

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