tubu

tubu

See also: Tubu and túbù

Aiwoo

Adjective

tubu

1. dull, blunt

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tubus.

Noun

tubu m (plural tubos)

1. tube

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *tubu, from Proto-Oceanic *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, *tumbuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tubuq.

Verb

tubu

1. (intransitive) to grow (to become bigger)

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Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh.

Noun

tubu

1. sugar cane

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

tubu

1. leaf

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Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

tubu

1. leaf

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Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh.

Noun

tubu

1. sugar cane

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.bu]

Noun

tubu

1. top, peak

References

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