Neutro

labium

Senso

Concetti

sinonimi

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(Inglese)

(declension-2, neuter) a lip
(declension-2, neuter) an axle or some other part of an oil press

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈɫa.bi.ũː]

From Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”), making it cognate with Proto-Germanic *lepô (“lip”), although (as with many other roots reconstructed with *b) there is some doubt about whether this root goes back to Proto-Indo-European. Lab- may be the regular outcome of zero-grade tautosyllabic *l̥b.-. Doublet of labrum.