lobo
English
Alternative forms
- loafer (see that entry for more)
Etymology
From Spanish lobo (“wolf”). Doublet of lupus and wolf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈləʊbəʊ/
- Rhymes: -əʊbəʊ
Noun
lobo (plural lobos)
- (Southwestern US dialects) A wolf.
- 1983, David Earl Brown, The Wolf in the Southwest: the making of an endangered species:
- We used to pay a $20.00 bounty a head on lobos for a good many years, but stopped it because it was abused. Lobo scalps from Arizona, [...]
- 2001, Joseph A. West, Johnny Blue and the Hanging Judge, page 43:
- "That may be so," Donnelly allowed, "but there desperate men around these parts, especially wolfers who have been collecting bounties for lobo scalps since the big snows of the Hard Winter."
- 1983, David Earl Brown, The Wolf in the Southwest: the making of an endangered species:
Usage notes
- Often used in compound with "wolf": "lobo wolf".
Anagrams
- BOLO, bloo, bolo, bool, loob, obol
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo
- IPA(key): /ˈlobo/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish lobo.
Noun
lóbo
- wolf
Noun
lóbo
- Alternative form of globo.
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlobo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -obo
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo
Noun
lobo (accusative singular lobon, plural loboj, accusative plural lobojn)
- (biology) lobe
Derived terms
- nazlobo (“nostril”)
- trilobulo (“trilobite”)
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloβo̝/
Noun
lobo m (plural lobos)
- wolf
Derived terms
- Cabeza de Lobo
- Covas do Lobo
- Fonte do Lobo
- lobeira
- Lobeira
- lobishome
- Loboso
- Matalobos
- Pedra de Lobo
References
- “lobo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “lobo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “lobo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lobo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lobo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Noun
lobo (plural lobos)
- lobe
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.bo/
- Rhymes: -ɔbo
- Hyphenation: lò‧bo
Noun
lobo m (plural lobi)
- (anatomy, botany, architecture) lobe
Anagrams
- bolo, oblò
Latin
Noun
lobō
- dative/ablative singular of lobus
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus (“wolf”), from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lúpus, a borrowing.
Alternative forms
- lôbo (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo.bu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo.bo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlo.bu/ [ˈlo.βu]
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo
Noun
lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)
- wolf (a wild canid)
Derived terms
- lobão (augmentative)
- lobinho (diminutive)
- lobozinho (diminutive)
- entre o cão e o lobo
- lobacho
- lobato
- lobo-cerval
- lobo-da-alsácia
- lobo do mar
- lobo-gato
- lobo-guará
- lobo-marinho
- lobo-tigre
- lúpus
Related terms
- lupino
Etymology 2
Borrowed from New Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “earlobe”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.bu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.bo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.bu/ [ˈlɔ.βu]
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo
Noun
lobo m (plural lobos)
- (anatomy) lobe (division of the brain)
Derived terms
- lobo frontal
- lobo occipital
- lobo parietal
- lobo temporal
- lobotomia
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
lobo
- that; class 14 distal demonstrative.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lupus, which was borrowed from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lupus and Lope, the former a learned borrowing from Latin, the latter a proper name borrowed via Basque. Romance cognates include French loup, Italian lupo, Portuguese lobo, Romanian lup.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlobo/ [ˈlo.β̞o]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -obo
- Syllabification: lo‧bo
Noun
lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)
- wolf
- (Spain, dated) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Hyponyms
- Lobo Feroz (charactonym)
Derived terms
- boca del lobo
- hombre lobo
- lobanillo
- lobato
- lobo con piel de cordero
- lobo del mar
- lobo de Tasmania
- lobo de tierra
- lobo marino
- menos lobos, Caperucita
- ver las orejas al lobo
Related terms
- lobezno
- lobuno
- lupia
- lupino
Descendants
- → English: loafer, lobo, lofer, loper, lover
Further reading
- “lobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- bolo
Swazi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
lobo
- that; class 14 distal demonstrative.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo
- IPA(key): /ˈlobo/, [ˈlo.bo]
Audio (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish lobo.
Noun
lobo
- wolf
- Coordinate term: loba
See also
- asong-gubat
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish globo. Doublet of globo.
Noun
lobo
- balloon
Derived terms
- lobohin
- lumobo
See also
- palintog
Zulu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lóːɓo/
Pronoun
lobo
- that; class 14 distal demonstrative.
Inflection
| Stem -lóbo | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full form | lóbo | |
| Locative | kulobo | |
| Full form | lóbo | |
| Locative | kulobo | |
| Copulative | yilobo | |
| Possessive forms | ||
| Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | walobo | owalobo |
| Class 2 | balobo | abalobo |
| Class 3 | walobo | owalobo |
| Class 4 | yalobo | eyalobo |
| Class 5 | lalobo | elalobo |
| Class 6 | alobo | awalobo |
| Class 7 | salobo | esalobo |
| Class 8 | zalobo | ezalobo |
| Class 9 | yalobo | eyalobo |
| Class 10 | zalobo | ezalobo |
| Class 11 | lwalobo | olwalobo |
| Class 14 | balobo | obalobo |
| Class 15 | kwalobo | okwalobo |
| Class 17 | kwalobo | okwalobo |
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “loɓo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “loɓo (3.9)”