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Where does “labah” come from?

labah (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lawaq.

labah (Malay): spider; Nonstandard form of laba-laba

Definitions

  1. spider; Nonstandard form of laba-laba

Ancestry of “labah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlawaq—

Words derived from “labah”

  • laba-laba
  • labah-labah
  • labah-labah
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