siba

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧ba
  • IPA(key): /ˈsibaʔ/

Verb

sibà

  1. to eat like an animal
  2. (angry register) to eat; to consume
    Synonym: hablo

Derived terms

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sepia. Doublet of sépia. Compare Galician xiba and Spanish jibia.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ibɐ
  • Hyphenation: si‧ba

Noun

siba f (plural sibas)

  1. cuttlebone
  2. cuttlefish (any squid-like mollusc of the genus Sepia)
    Synonyms: choco, sépia

Romagnol

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin silva(m) (wood, forest), accusative of Latin silva (wood, forest).

Pronunciation

Noun

siba f (plural sib)

  1. (archaic) forest
    Synonyms: sélva, bòs-c
  2. (archaic) hedge

References

  • Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 585

Sotho

Verb

siba

  1. to stop a hole

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

sibà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ)

  1. gluttony; voracity; avarice; greediness; voraciousness
    Synonyms: takaw, katakawan, kasakiman, kakamkaman

Derived terms

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Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

siba

  1. a kind of bird, some kind of small green cockatoo

References

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