tibo

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧bo
  • IPA(key): /tiˈboʔ/,

Noun

tibô

  1. swamp; bog; marsh
    Synonyms: dalnak, tangyan, lamawan
  2. (slang) lesbian
    Synonym: tomboy

Catalan

Verb

tibo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tibar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧bo

Noun

tibo

  1. a spindle snail or tulip snail; any member of the family Fasciolariidae

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare English tomboy and T-bird.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈboʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ti‧bo

Noun

tibô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

  1. (slang) lesbian
    Synonyms: lesbiyana, lesbiya, tomboy, (colloquial) shiboli, (slang) tiboom, (slang) T-bird
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiboʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ti‧bo

Noun

tibò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

  1. sting or a small painful wound inflicted by some species of fish (such as kanduli, hito, pagi, liwalo, sumbilang, etc.) and also by bees
  2. external spine, thorn, or excrescence of certain kinds of fish and insects that does the stinging

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

tibo

  1. (transitive) to sell with interest

Conjugation

Conjugation of tibo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totibo fotibo mitibo
2nd notibo nitibo
3rd Masculine otibo itibo, yotibo
Feminine motibo
Neuter itibo
- archaic

References

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