gubat

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”). Compare Ilocano & Cebuano gubat, Isnag xubat, Maranao gobat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡubat/,
  • Hyphenation: gu‧bat

Noun

gubát (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜆ᜔)

  1. (archaic) war
    Synonym: gera

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”). Compare Ilocano & Bikol Central gubat, Isnag xubat Maranao gobat.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gu‧bat
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡubat/,

Noun

gubat

  1. war

Quotations

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈbat/,
  • Hyphenation: gu‧bat

Noun

gubát

  1. war; battle; combat

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gúbat (“jungle, idle land”). Displaced by pastulan.

The sense "forest" is a semantic loan from Tagalog gubat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡubət/,
  • Hyphenation: gu‧bat

Noun

gúbat

  1. (obsolete) meadow
    Synonym: pastulan
  2. forest
    Synonym: kakeuan

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”).

Noun

gubát

  1. war

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *gúbat (“jungle, idle land”). Compare Isnag xinubat, Itawit ginubat, Kapampangan gubat, Waray-Waray kagugub-an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡubat/,
  • Hyphenation: gu‧bat

Noun

gubat (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜆ᜔)

  1. woods; woodland; forest
    Synonyms: kakahuyan, kagubatan
  2. thick growth of bushes; thicket
    Synonyms: sukal, kasukalan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”). Compare Ilocano gubat, Isnag xubat, Bikol Central manggubat, Cebuano gubat, Maranao gobat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡubat/, (obsolete)
  • Hyphenation: gu‧bat

Noun

gubát (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. war
    Synonyms: digmaan, gera
  2. destruction; raze
    Synonyms: pagkatupok, pagsira
Derived terms
See also

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