Tuub
See also: tuub
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German tūbe, from Old High German tūba, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Cognate with German Taube, German Low German Duuv, Dutch duif, English dove, Danish due, Faroese dúgva, dúva, Icelandic dúfa, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due, Swedish duva.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /tuːb/
Noun
Tuub f (plural Tuube, diminutive Tüübli)
- pigeon, dove
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:
- Se fromm wie 's Tübli ufem Dach, / Se widleich wie d'Foräll im Bach.
- As bold as the little dove on the roof, as lithe as the trout in the stream.
- Se fromm wie 's Tübli ufem Dach, / Se widleich wie d'Foräll im Bach.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Chaibe Tuube! Mängisch chunt me da nöd drum ume. Wo di sind, schiisids ales voll.
- Damn pigeons! Sometimes you can't avoid it. Wherever they are, they shit over everything.
- Chaibe Tuube! Mängisch chunt me da nöd drum ume. Wo di sind, schiisids ales voll.
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili: