Where does “labah-labah” come from?
labah-labah (Kristang) comes from Malay labah-labah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lawaq.
labah-labah (Kristang): spider
Ancestry of “labah-labah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | labah-labah | plural of labah; spiders |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | lawaq | — |