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Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧bo
- IPA(key): /ˈsuboʔ/
Noun
subò
- manner of stuffing something into the mouth
- Synonyms: umom, hungit
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧bo
- IPA(key): /suˈbo/
Noun
subó
- suds, lather, foam
- Synonym: sabo
Derived terms
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈboʔ/
- Hyphenation: su‧bo
Adjective
subô (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)
- sad
Derived terms
Galician
Verb
subo
- first-person singular present indicative of subir
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key):
Verb
subō (present infinitive subāre, perfect active subāvī, supine subātum); first conjugation
- to be on heat
Conjugation
References
- “subo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
subo
- first-person singular present indicative of subir
Spanish
Verb
subo
- first-person singular present indicative of subir
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *súbuq (“put something into or through an opening”). Compare Ilocano subo, Kapampangan subu, and Bikol Central subo. Alternatively, from Hokkien 嘴末 (chhùi-boa̍h) according to Manuel (1948).
Pronunciation
Noun
subò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)
- amount of food taken into the mouth at a time; bite; mouthful
- putting of food into one's mouth
- (figurative) reluctant involvement (into an affair or act of responsibility)
- Synonyms: pagsubo, pagkapasubo, lulong, paglulong, pagkapalulong
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
subô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)
- (figurative) inserted too deep
- Synonym: pasok
- (figurative) daringly bold
- Synonyms: pangahas, sagasa
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *səbuS (“douse a fire, extinguish a fire with water; to hiss, as water on fire”). Compare Ibatan asbo, Ilocano subbo, Kapampangan asbu, Bikol Central sabo / subo, Aklanon suebo, Cebuano subo, Hiligaynon subo, Maranao sebo, and Malay sebu.
Pronunciation
Noun
subó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)
- seething (of boiling water or liquid)
- Synonyms: sulak, pagsulak
- tempering of metal (by immersing in water after heating it red)
- Synonyms: pagsusubo, pagkasubo
- (figurative) violent agitation; sudden fit of anger
Derived terms
Further reading
- “subo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “subo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*súbuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sebuS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 86
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