labalaba

See also: laba-laba

Yoruba

Labalábá

Alternative forms

laba-lábá

Etymology

Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lā.bā.lá.bá/

Ideophone

labalábá

(of an object) being distinctly light and floppy

Noun

labalábá

butterfly, moth
Labalábá fi ara ẹ̀ wẹ́yẹ, kò lè ṣe iṣẹ́ ẹyẹ.
The butterfly compares itself to a bird, but cannot do what a bird does.

Related terms

àfòpiná (“moth”)
òólá (“moth”)

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