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Laboya
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English
Alternative forms
en Lamboya
Etymology
From en lmy Laboya, from the de-prenasalization of earlier lmy Lamboya.
Proper noun
An Austronesian language spoken in the Sumba island in eastern Indonesia.
en 1987 Danielle Geirnaert Rob de Ridder; Jan A. J. Karremans The Leiden Tradition in Structural Anthropology: Essays in Honour of P.E. de Josselin de Jong w:Brill Publishers Leiden, The Netherlands 9789004085176 Hunt Wild Pig and Grow Rice: On Food Exchanges and Values in Laboya, West Sumba (Eastern Indonesia) 121 https://books.google.com/books?id=bQcVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=Laboya&hl=en Moro in Laboya language means "Owner, master". The "Master of the feast" is a translation of the Indonesian "Tuan Pesta", a term which West Sumbanese use when they speak Indonesian. When speaking Laboya, different terms are used, according to the type of feast which is given.
en 2017 Cynthia T. Fowler Biosocial Synchrony on Sumba: Multispecies Relationships and Environmental Variations in Indonesia Lexington Books London 9781498521857 3 48 https://books.google.com/books?id=7zGQDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=%22Laboya&hl=en For example, in the Laboya language, which is spoken by a community who are neighbors of the Kodi in western Sumba, nyale is the word for "seaworms" while nare refers to an inedible kind of seaworm that Laboya people say causes an itchy reaction if eaten.
Translations
language
Indonesian: id Lamboya
Noun
p
The speakers of the Laboya language.
en 1987 Danielle Geirnaert Rob de Ridder; Jan A. J. Karremans The Leiden Tradition in Structural Anthropology: Essays in Honour of P.E. de Josselin de Jong w:Brill Publishers Leiden, The Netherlands 9789004085176 Hunt Wild Pig and Grow Rice: On Food Exchanges and Values in Laboya, West Sumba (Eastern Indonesia) 115 https://books.google.com/books?id=bQcVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA115&dq=Laboya&hl=en Unlike Westerners, the Laboya prize animal fat more highly than the lean parts of the flesh, both in pigs and in buffalos.
en 1992 Danielle C. Geirnaert-Martin The Woven Land of Laboya: Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia, Leiden University Leiden University The Netherlands 9789073782136 10 https://books.google.com/books?id=T7fZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22The+Laboya%22&hl=en The Laboya say they are traditionally less eager to participate in the barter system (madara as the Laboya call it) than other West Sumbanese people.
Derived terms
en Laboyan
See also
lmy
References
1992 Danielle C. Geirnaert-Martin The Woven Land of Laboya: Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia Leiden University 9789073782136
2019 Allahverdi Verdizade Selected topics in the phonology and morphosyntax of Laboya: A field study Stockholm University
Further reading
Lamboya language
en Languages