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Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish curva.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kur‧ba
- IPA(key): /ˈkuɾba/
Noun
kúrba (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜍ᜔ᜊ)
- curve, bend
- swerve, veer, turn
- Synonyms: siko, suki, liko
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish curva.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kur‧ba
- IPA(key): /ˈkuɾba/
Noun
kúrba (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜊ)
- curve
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adjective
kurba (accusative singular kurban, plural kurbaj, accusative plural kurbajn)
- curved, bent
Estonian
Adjective
kurba
- partitive singular of kurb
- illative singular of kurb
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish curva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾˈba/
- Hyphenation: kur‧bá
Noun
kurbá
- curve
Pangasinan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish curva.
Pronunciation
Noun
kurba
- curve
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.
Noun
kȗrba f (Cyrillic spelling ку̑рба)
- (vulgar, regional, Croatia) whore, prostitute
- (vulgar, regional, Croatia) bitch, slut
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kùry.
Pronunciation
Noun
kȗrba f
- (vulgar) whore, prostitute
- (vulgar) bitch, slut
Inflection
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish curva.
Pronunciation
Noun
kurbá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜊ)
- curve; turn; bend
- Synonyms: baluktot, balikuko
- act of changing direction; turning to one side (in driving)
- Synonyms: liko, pagliko
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kurba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
Yogad
Etymology
From Spanish curva (“curve”).
Noun
kurba
- curve