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Balinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subə/
- Hyphenation: su‧ba
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Adverb
suba (Balinese speaker ᬲᬸᬩ)
- (kasar) already
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Javanese śubha (“splendid, bright, beautiful, pleasant, agreeable, fit, useful; auspicious, good”), from Sanskrit शुभ (śubha, “good, auspicious”).
Adjective
suba (Balinese script ᬰᬸᬪ)
- good, auspicious
Further reading
- “suba” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary , Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province .
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈba/
- Hyphenation: su‧ba
Noun
subá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜊ)
- (Naga) joke; jest
- Synonyms: karaw, usnga
Derived terms
See also
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Aklanon suba and Hiligaynon suba.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧ba
- IPA(key): /suˈbaʔ/
Noun
subâ (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜊ)
- river
- Synonyms: salog, sapa
Esperanto
Etymology
sub + -a
Pronunciation
Adjective
suba (accusative singular suban, plural subaj, accusative plural subajn)
- lower, underlying
Galician
Etymology
Back-formation from subir. Cognate with Brazilian Portuguese suba.
Pronunciation
Noun
suba m (plural subas)
- rise, increase
c. 1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:Por eso non queren suba
Na sisa nin na taberna
E, en tanto que os demais paguen,
Eles recachan a perna.
E como serán sumidos
En bebedelas, o aumento,
Dan a sisa pol-os tragos
E miran outros pr’o vento.- That's why they don't want an increase
in the surcharge nor in the tavern
and, as long as the others pay,
they uncover the leg .
And since they are gonna be consumed
in binges, the augment,
they give the surcharge for the gulps
and others look into the wind.
Verb
suba
- inflection of subir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “suba”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “suba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “suba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “suba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Higaonon
Noun
suba
- river
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Cebuano suba and Surigaonon suba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈbaʔ/
- Hyphenation: su‧ba
Noun
subâ
- river
Iban
Pronunciation
Adverb
suba
- before, previously, earlier
Kinaray-a
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Hiligaynon suba and Cebuano suba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈbaʔ/,
- Hyphenation: su‧ba
Noun
subâ
- river
Kituba
Verb
suba
- to urinate
Latin
Verb
subā
- second-person singular present active imperative of subō
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from subir (“to raise; to ascend”).
Noun
suba f (plural subas)
- (Rio Grande do Sul) an increase in price
- 1963, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 4, Imprensa Nacional, page 55:
No momento atual os fertilizantes e os inseticidas e praguicidas, elementos indispensabilíssimos ao soerguimento da agricultura nacional, estão com uma suba tal que não há telex do Banco do Brasil que possa estar a par da situação.- In the present moment fertilisers and insecticides and pesticides, elements very indispensable to the revitalisation of national agriculture, are having such an increase in price that there is no telegraph from Banco do Brasil that can be up to par with the situation.
1974, Janer Cristaldo, Uma estória obscena, Edições Casa do Livro, page 77:Redatores de assuntos financeiros registravam a queda das ações de algumas empresas e uma suba compensatória de outras.- Editors of financial matters registered the decrease of some companies’ shares and a compensatory increase of others.
- 1981, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 7, Centro de Documentação e Informação, page 141:
, no segundo caso, porque essa retirada do subsídio, que ensejou uma suba de Cr$45,00 no preço do quilo da carne de primeira, provocou uma natural retração no consumo.- , in the second case, because this removal of the subside, which caused a Cr$45.00 increase in the price of first-grade meat, caused a natural reduction of consumption.
- Synonyms: subida, aumento
Etymology 2
Verb
suba
- inflection of subir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Sardinian
Pronunciation
Preposition
suba
- (Campidanese) alternative form of subra
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “súpra”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Spanish
Verb
suba
- inflection of subir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Surigaonon
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Cebuano suba and Hiligaynon suba.
Pronunciation
Noun
subâ
- river
Ternate
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Arabic?”)
Pronunciation
Verb
suba
- (transitive) to pay homage, to praise
- (transitive) to worship
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Wolof
Etymology
From Arabic صُبْح (ṣubḥ).
Pronunciation
Noun
suba (definite form suba si)
- (early) morning
- tomorrow