ruba

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See also: rubá

Galician

Verb

ruba

  1. inflection of rubir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.ba/
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: rù‧ba

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rubare (to steal) +‎ -a.

Noun

ruba f (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, except in fixed expressions) (act of) stealing, robbing
    andare a rubato sell like hotcakes

Etymology 2

Verb

ruba

  1. inflection of rubare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Laz

Noun

ruba

  1. Latin spelling of რუბა (ruba)

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

ruba

  1. third-person singular present of rubaś

Old Irish

Verb

·ruba

  1. third-person singular habitual present indicative ro-form prototonic of at·tá
  2. first/second-person singular perfect prototonic of benaid

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly from Malay rebah (to collapse).

Pronunciation

Verb

ruba

  1. (intransitive) to collapse

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruba
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toruba foruba miruba
2nd noruba niruba
3rd Masculine oruba iruba, yoruba
Feminine moruba
Neuter iruba
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh