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Bikol Central
Noun
lubi-lubi
- (botany) Philippine fig (Ficus pseudopalma)
Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from Cebuano lubilubi or another Visayan language (cf. Cebuano lubi (“coconut”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
lubí-lubí (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒ)
- (botany) sagisi palm (Heterospathe spp.)
- (botany) little tree plant (Biophytum sensitivum)
- Synonyms: makahiya, damong-bingkalat, makahiyang-lalaki, gama-gamatisan
- (botany) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
- (music) a Waray folk song used as a mnemonic for the months of the year
References
- “lubi-lubi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Merrill, Elmer Drew (1903) A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands