labalaba
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See also: laba-laba
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense
Pronunciation
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.