tuba

See also: Tuba and túba

English

A tuba.

Etymology 1

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”), first borrowed as a historic term in the 18th century. The name of the modern instrument was borrowed in the 19th century from German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), from the same Latin source. The Latin term is of obscure ultimate origin, but is possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”), see there.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuː.bə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -uːbə

Noun

tuba (plural tubas)

A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
- 1990, Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound, page 230
  One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.
A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
A large reed stop in organs.

Synonyms

grunt-horn

Derived terms

tubaist
tubalike
tubist
Wagner tuba

Translations

a large brass musical instrument

Bulgarian: туба f (tuba)
Catalan: tuba (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大號／大号 (zh) (dàhào)
Czech: tuba (cs) f
Dutch: tuba (nl) m
Esperanto: tubjo
Estonian: tuuba
Finnish: tuuba (fi)
French: tuba (fr) m
Galician: tuba (gl) f
German: Tuba (de) f
Hawaiian: pū leo uō
Hungarian: tuba (hu)
Icelandic: túba f
Indonesian: tuba (id)
Irish: tiúba m
Italian: tuba (it) f
Japanese: チューバ (ja) (chūba)
Korean: 튜바 (tyuba)
Lithuanian: tūba
Maori: pūnguru
Marathi: टूबा (ṭūbā)
Polish: tuba (pl) f
Portuguese: tuba (pt) f
Russian: ту́ба (ru) f (túba)
Slovene: tuba f
Spanish: tuba f
Swahili: tuba
Volapük: tubat
Welsh: tiwba
Yoruba: túbà

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay tuba.

Noun

tuba (uncountable)

A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Etymology 3

From Cebuano tuba.

Noun

tuba (plural tubas)

A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.

Etymology 4

Latin tuba

Noun

tuba (plural tubas or tubae)

(anatomy) A tube or tubular organ.

Anagrams

Batu, Taub, abut, batu, buat, buta, tabu

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuba.First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tu‧bâ
(General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /tʊˈbaʔ/

Noun

tubâ

a reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tu‧ba
(General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /tʊˈba/

Verb

tuba

to cut down
to harvest banana fruits

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuba.

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtuba]

Noun

tuba f

tube (a cylindrical container)
tuba (a large brass musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of tuba

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tuby
genitive	tuby	tub
dative	tubě	tubám
accusative	tubu	tuby
vocative	tubo	tuby
locative	tubě	tubách
instrumental	tubou	tubami

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tupa, from Proto-Germanic *stubō. Cognate to Livonian tubā, Finnish tupa, Icelandic stofa, German Stube, Swedish stuga.

Noun

tuba (genitive toa, partitive tuba)

room, chamber

Declension

Inflection of tuba (ÕS type 18e/tuba, b-ø gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	toad
accusative	toa	toad
genitive	toa	tubade
partitive	tuba	tube tubasid
illative	tuppa toasse	tubadesse
inessive	toas	tubades
elative	toast	tubadest
allative	toale	tubadele
adessive	toal	tubadel
ablative	toalt	tubadelt
translative	toaks	tubadeks
terminative	toani	tubadeni
essive	toana	tubadena
abessive	toata	tubadeta
comitative	toaga	tubadega

Derived terms

elutuba
hotellituba
klassituba
lastetuba
magamistuba
söögituba
tagatuba
töötuba
vannituba

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ty.ba/
Audio (file)

Noun

tuba m (plural tubas)

tuba
snorkel

Anagrams

buta

Galician

Noun

tuba f (plural tubas)

tuba

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtubɒ]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: tu‧ba
Rhymes: -bɒ

Noun

tuba (plural tubák)

(music) tuba

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tubák
accusative	tubát	tubákat
dative	tubának	tubáknak
instrumental	tubával	tubákkal
causal-final	tubáért	tubákért
translative	tubává	tubákká
terminative	tubáig	tubákig
essive-formal	tubaként	tubákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tubában	tubákban
superessive	tubán	tubákon
adessive	tubánál	tubáknál
illative	tubába	tubákba
sublative	tubára	tubákra
allative	tubához	tubákhoz
elative	tubából	tubákból
delative	tubáról	tubákról
ablative	tubától	tubáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tubáé	tubáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tubáéi	tubákéi

Possessive forms of tuba
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tubám	tubáim
2nd person sing.	tubád	tubáid
3rd person sing.	tubája	tubái
1st person plural	tubánk	tubáink
2nd person plural	tubátok	tubáitok
3rd person plural	tubájuk	tubáik

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuba/
Rhymes: -ba, -a
Hyphenation: tu‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tuba, from Classical Malay توبا‎ (tuba), from Old Malay [script needed] (tūva), from Proto-Malayic *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”).

Noun

tuba (plural tuba-tuba, first-person possessive tubaku, second-person possessive tubamu, third-person possessive tubanya)

poison
Hypernym: racun
a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Derived terms

menuba
menubai

tuba tikus

Etymology 2

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).

Noun

tuba (plural tuba-tuba, first-person possessive tubaku, second-person possessive tubamu, third-person possessive tubanya)

tube
Synonyms: saluran, tabung, tube
Synonym: tiub (Standard Malay)
(music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.

Related terms

tubular

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/
Rhymes: -uba
Hyphenation: tù‧ba

Etymology 1

From Latin tuba.

Noun

tuba f (plural tube)

(music) tuba
top hat
Synonym: cilindro
(anatomy) tube
Synonym: tuba di Falloppio

Derived terms

tubarico

Derived terms

tuba bassa
tuba contrabbassa
tuba tenore
tuba grave
tuba wagneriana

Verb

tuba

inflection of tubare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

tabù

Latin

Etymology

Possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”) with similarities in meaning and form.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/, [ˈt̪ʊbä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/, [ˈt̪uːbä]

Noun

tuba f (genitive tubae); first declension

(literally, music) long trumpet over 1 meter in length, especially war-trumpet
(transferred sense)
1. signal for war, war
2. loud sound
  1. sonorous, elevated epic poetry
  2. lofty style of speaking
(figurative) exciter, author, instigator

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tuba	tubae
Genitive	tubae	tubārum
Dative	tubae	tubīs
Accusative	tubam	tubās
Ablative	tubā	tubīs
Vocative	tuba	tubae

Derived terms

tūbārius
tubicen
tubilustrium
tubula
tubus

Descendants

Descendants of tuba in other languages

→ English: tuba
→ French: tuba
→ Galician: tuba
→ Italian: tuba
→ Russian: ту́ба (túba)

References

“tuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“tuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tuba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
tuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the bugle, trumpet sounds before the general's tent: classicum or tuba canit ad praetorium
“tuba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“tuba”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Michiel de Vaan (2008), Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden: Brill

Livonian

Alternative forms

(Courland) tubā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tupa. Related to Finnish tupa.

Noun

tuba

(a small) house

Malay

Etymology

Attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tūva), from Proto-Malayic *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuba/
(Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈtuba], [ˈtubə]
Rhymes: -uba, -ba, -a

Noun

tuba (Jawi spelling توبا‎, plural tuba-tuba, informal 1st possessive tubaku, 2nd possessive tubamu, 3rd possessive tubanya)

(fishing) fish poison made from plant roots
Hypernym: racun
a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

penuba [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
penubaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
menuba [agent focus] (meN-)
menubai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
dituba [patient focus] (di-)
ditubai [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

tuba tikus

Descendants

Indonesian: tuba
→ English: tuba

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tubā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -uba
Syllabification: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba f (diminutive tubka)

tube (cylindrical container)
tuba (large brass musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of tuba

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tuby
genitive	tuby	tub
dative	tubie	tubom
accusative	tubę	tuby
instrumental	tubą	tubami
locative	tubie	tubach
vocative	tubo	tuby

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bɐ/ [ˈtu.βɐ]

Hyphenation: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba f (plural tubas)

(music) tuba (a large brass musical instrument)

Spanish

Etymology

From Tagalog tuba or Cebuano tuba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuba/ [ˈt̪u.β̞a]
Rhymes: -uba
Syllabification: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba f (uncountable)

(Mexico, Philippines) coconut wine made from sweet coconut sap

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tu‧ba

IPA^(key): /tuˈbaʔ/, [tʊˈbaʔ]

Noun

tubâ

tubâ (Filipino alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees)

Derived terms

tubaan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tu‧ba

IPA^(key): /ˈtuba/, [ˈtu.bɐ]

Noun

tuba

purging croton (a kind of croton plant the seeds of which is used to make croton oil)
croton oil
fish poison made from this plant
act of poisoning fish (with such a poison)
Synonym: pagtuba

Derived terms

pagtuba
tubahin

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuba.

Noun

tuba

wine (made from plants, e.g. rice)

Ternate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ba]

Verb

tuba

(stative) to be piled

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuba
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totuba	fotuba	mituba
2nd	notuba	nituba
3rd	Masculine	otuba	ituba, yotuba^†
Feminine	motuba
Neuter	ituba
† - archaic

References

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

tuba

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

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Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

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Pronunciation

Verb

Quotations

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Estonian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

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Galician

Noun

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Related terms

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Derived terms

See also

Verb

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Livonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Malay

Etymology