tubo

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See also: Tubo, tubò, túbō, Túbó, tùbò, tūbō, and Tǔbō

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, compare Malay tebu.

Noun

tubo

  1. sugar cane

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtubo/
  • Rhymes: -ubo
  • Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

  1. tube

References

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tubo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈtubo/,

Noun

túbo

  1. a pipe, a tube (for water)
Related terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo
  • IPA(key): /tuˈbo/,

Noun

tubó

  1. sugarcane
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuboʔ/,

Noun

tubò

  1. growth, sprouting
    Synonym: tambo
  2. mushroom
  3. (finance) interest
    Synonym: interes
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuboʔ/,

Verb

tubo

  1. to grow
  2. to profit; to gain profit
  3. to pay the interest in order to renew or extend a loan

Noun

tubo

  1. the growth of a person, plant, etc.
  2. (finance) interest
    Synonym: interes
  3. (accounting, economics) profit

Etymology 2

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522. Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS. Compare Malay tebu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo
  • IPA(key): /tuˈbo/,

Noun

tubo

  1. sugar cane

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈtubo/,

Noun

tubo

  1. pipe (rigid tube)
  2. (anatomy) Fallopian tube
  3. penis
Quotations

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tubo and English tube.

Pronunciation

Noun

tubo (accusative singular tubon, plural tuboj, accusative plural tubojn)

  1. tube

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtubo/
  • Rhymes: -ubo
  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

  1. tube, pipe (open at both ends)
  2. tube (container closed at one end)

Related terms

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

tubo (plural tubos)

  1. tube

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ubo
  • Hyphenation: tù‧bo

Etymology 1

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Noun

tubo m (plural tubi)

  1. tube
  2. pipe
  3. (derogatory, vulgar) a male homosexual
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tubo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tubare

Latin

Noun

tubō

  1. dative/ablative singular of tubus

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian tubo.

Pronunciation

Noun

tubo m (plural tubo)

  1. tube

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ubu
  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

  1. tube
  2. pipe
  3. (surfing) tube

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubo.

Further reading

  • “tubo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

  1. tube
    Synonym: canuto
  2. (Latin America) receiver (on a telephone)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq (cf. Fijian tubu (“to grow”), Javanese ꦠꦸꦮꦸꦃ (tuwuh, “to grow”), Maori tupu (“to grow”), Malay tubuh (“body”) / tubuh (“to grow”)), from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (cf. Paiwan cuvuq (“sprout”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuboʔ/, (noun, adjective:native)

  • IPA(key): /tuˈboʔ/, (adjective:growing)
  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. sprout; shoot
    Synonyms: supling, supang, talbos, usbong, suloy
  2. germination; growth (of a seed)
    Synonyms: pagtubo, sibol, pagsibol, supang, pagsupang
  3. native of a place
  4. (finance) interest
    Synonyms: interes, gana, ganansiya
  5. profit
    Synonym: kita
  6. (figurative) new growth
    Synonyms: supang, suloy
Derived terms

Adjective

tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. native of a place (of a person)
See also

Adjective

tubô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. already growing or germinating (of seeds)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (cf. Chamorro tupu, Kapampangan atbu, Sambali tabo, Malay tebu, Tausug tubu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS (cf. Kavalan tbus, Paiwan tjevus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈbo/,
  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. sugar cane
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtubo/,
  • Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. tube; pipe
  2. tube (of toothpaste, paint, etc.)
  3. glass bulb or tube (used to protect the light of a lamp)
    Synonym: embudo
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tubo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Cubuq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*tebuS”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Anagrams

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

tubo

  1. (transitive) to prod fruit
Conjugation
Conjugation of tubo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totubo fotubo mitubo
2nd notubo nitubo
3rd Masculine otubo itubo, yotubo†
Feminine motubo
Neuter itubo
† - archaic

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

tubo

  1. thick billowing smoke

References

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