ubo

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See also: UBO

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: u‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈbo/

Etymology 1

Compare Hiligaynon obo and Tagalog ubo.

Noun

ubó (Badlit spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)

  1. cough

Verb

ubó (Badlit spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)

  1. to cough

Etymology 2

Noun

ubó (Badlit spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)

  1. female ancestor; ancestress

Etymology 3

Verb

ubó (Badlit spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)

  1. to lie prone

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ubo.

Higaonon

Noun

ubo

  1. cough

Ilocano

Noun

ubo

  1. leak; leakage

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

ubo (Cyrillic spelling убо)

  1. masculine singular active past participle of ubosti

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central abo, Cebuano ubo, and Tausug ubu.

Pronunciation

Noun

ubó (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)

  1. cough
    May ubo ang ama tuwing umaga bago kumain ng umagahan.
    The father has a cough every morning before eating breakfast.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ubò (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜓ)

  1. (agriculture, horticulture) act of transplanting a young plant
    Synonyms: akat, pag-akat, pag-aakat
Derived terms

Anagrams

Ternate

ubo

Etymology

Within North Halmaheran, cognate with Sahu ubolo, Loloda uboro, etc. Likely also related to Kwaio 'ufo'ufo (female eclectus).

Pronunciation

Noun

ubo

  1. the female (red) eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus ssp. roratus)

References

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

Waray-Waray

Noun

ubo

  1. cough

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Noun

ubo

  1. (Ikalẹ, Ilajẹ, Ijebu) place

Derived terms

  • kí ubo (where (Ìkálẹ̀))
  • ubo sí (where (Ìjẹ̀bú))
  • ubokúbo (anywhere (Ìjẹ̀bú, Ìkálẹ̀))

Prefix

ubo-

  1. (Ijebu) place of
    ùjókòó (seat)ubùjókòó (a place to sit/settle)
    ùjẹrun (eating)ubùjẹrun (cafeteria)
    ùsù (sleep)ubùsù (bed)

Derived terms