labalaba

 

• laba-lábá

Noun sense derived from Ideophone sense

• IPA^(key): /lā.bā.lá.bá/

labalábá

1. (of an object) being distinctly light and floppy

labalábá

1. 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.

• àfòpiná (“moth”)
• òólá (“moth”)