kalbo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkalbo/
  • IPA(key): /kalˈbo/
  • Hyphenation: kal‧bo

Adjective

kálbo or kalbó (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

  1. bald
    Synonyms: pangas, upaw

Derived terms

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kalbo

  1. mullet fish

Gothic

Romanization

kalbō

  1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish calvo (“bald”) with a stress shift due to having a closed penultimate syllable, from Latin calvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kalbó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

  1. bald; bald-headed
    Synonym: upaw
  2. (figurative) devoid of trees; cleared (of a mountain or a forest)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

kalbò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

  1. carried by the wind
Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “kalbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Sawai kaleboben, Matbat bi3mbɔ121mpu, both meaning butterfly.

Pronunciation

Noun

kalbo

  1. a butterfly
    Synonym: beebom

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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