labing-

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From labi (“excess”) +‎ -ng- (compound enclitic interfix). labing-isa would literally mean 1 excess from 10, with 10 implied.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈbiŋ/, [lɐˈbiŋ]
  • Hyphenation: la‧bing-

Prefix

labíng- (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. Cardinal prefix, denoting excess over the count of ten, if the next stem in the compound starts with a vowel or ⟨w⟩.
    ‎labing- + ‎isa (“one”) → ‎labing-isa (“eleven”)
    ‎labing- + ‎apat (“four”) → ‎labing-apat (“fourteen”)
    ‎labing- + ‎anim (“six”) → ‎labing-anim (“sixteen”)
    ‎labing- + ‎walo (“eight”) → ‎labingwalo (“eighteen”)

Derived terms

  • Tagalog terms prefixed with labing-
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