tuba

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”), German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”), from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). 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/ 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. A large reed stop in organs. ===== Synonyms ===== grunt-horn ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== euphonium, sousaphone tube tubular corno basso (keyed bass horn) bombardon ophicleide valve-ophicleide bucina cornu ==== Further reading ==== “tuba”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. tuba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Roman tuba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin tuba. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtʊ.bə/ ==== Noun ==== tuba (plural tubas or tubae) (anatomy) A tube or tubular organ. A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba. ==== Further reading ==== Roman tuba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Malay tuba. ==== Noun ==== tuba (uncountable) A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis. ==== Further reading ==== Derris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Derris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Derris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Tagalog tuba. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tuˈbə/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /tuˈbaʔ/ ==== Noun ==== tuba (uncountable) (Philippines) A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap. === References === === Anagrams === Batu, Taub, abut, batu, buat, buta, tabu == Bangi == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tób. === Verb === tuba to pierce == Cebuano == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *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 (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /tʊˈbaʔ/ ==== Noun ==== tubâ (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊ) a reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap 2016 — Sumagang, Emeterio S., Barkada (20 January), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation 2017 — Tiu, Macario D., Laghan (27 June), Bisag Unsa, Mindaviews, MindaNews ===== Descendants ===== → English: tuba → Tagalog: tubâ ==== See also ==== bahal bahalina === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: tu‧ba (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /tʊˈba/ ==== Verb ==== tuba (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊ) to cut down to harvest banana fruits 2010 — Panilagao, Bartolome M., Mutya sa Saging Gardaba (24 May), Sugilanon, Kalingawan, Banat News == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtuba] === Noun === tuba f tube (a cylindrical container) tuba (a large brass musical instrument) ==== Declension ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Tuba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈty.baː/ Hyphenation: tu‧ba === Noun === tuba m (plural tuba's, diminutive tubaatje n) tuba (large brass musical instrument) === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tuba”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute === Further reading === Tuba (instrument) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ty.ba/ === Noun === tuba m (plural tubas) tuba snorkel funnel cloud (or tub; see cumulonimbus tuba) === Further reading === “tuba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === buta == Galician == === Noun === tuba f (plural tubas) tuba == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtubɒ] Hyphenation: tu‧ba Rhymes: -bɒ === Noun === tuba (plural tubák) (music) tuba ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === ([music] tuba): tuba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. ([folksy] dove; darling): tuba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. tuba in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == 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) poison Hypernym: racun a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). ==== Noun ==== tuba (plural tuba-tuba) 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 ===== === Further reading === “tuba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == 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 ===== See also ===== elicone sousaphone bombardone euphonium === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tuba inflection of tubare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === tuba1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === tabù == Kituba == === Verb === tuba to say == Latin == === Etymology === Possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”) with similarities in meaning and form. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊ.ba] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.ba] === Noun === tuba f (genitive tubae); first declension (literally, music) long trumpet over 1 meter in length, especially a war-trumpet (transferred sense) signal for war, war loud sound sonorous, elevated epic poetry lofty style of speaking (figurative) exciter, author, instigator ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== tūbārius tubicen tubilustrium tubula tubus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “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, 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[2], London: Macmillan and Co. “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 == Lingala == === Etymology === Borrowed from Bangi tuba. to pierce === Verb === -tuba (infinitive kotuba) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. == Livonian == === Noun === tuba Salaca form of tubā (“room”) === References === Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn. == Malay == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah. First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tūva), ==== Pronunciation ==== (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈtubə/ [ˈt̪u.bə] Rhymes: -ubə, -bə, -ə (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈtuba/ [ˈt̪u.ba] Rhymes: -uba, -ba, -a Hyphenation: tu‧ba ==== Noun ==== tuba (Jawi spelling توبا, plural tuba-tuba or tuba2) (fishing) fish poison made from plant roots Hypernym: racun a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== > Indonesian: tuba (inherited) → English: tuba === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English tuba, from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈtubə/ [ˈt̪u.bə] Rhymes: -ubə, -bə, -ə (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈtuba/ [ˈt̪u.ba] Rhymes: -uba, -ba, -a Hyphenation: tu‧ba ==== Noun ==== tuba (Jawi spelling توبا, plural tuba-tuba or tuba2) (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. === Further reading === "tuba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin tuba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtu.ba/ Rhymes: -uba Syllabification: tu‧ba === Noun === tuba f (diminutive tubka) tube (cylindrical container) tuba (large brass musical instrument) tube scarf (shawl in which the ends are stitched together, interposed several times around the neck when put on in order to surround this part of the body with a thick and high layer of knitted or woven fabric to protect against the cold) Synonym: komin Hypernym: szal ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === tuba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tuba in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin tuba. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ubɐ Hyphenation: tu‧ba === Noun === tuba f (plural tubas) (music) tuba (a large brass musical instrument) === Further reading === “tuba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tuba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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 ==== Descendants ==== → Chamorro: tuba === Further reading === “tuba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubaʔ. Compare Ilocano tuba, Kapampangan tuba, Calamian Tagbanwa tëw̓a, Tagbanwa teba, Bikol Central tuba, Aklanon tuba, Cebuano tuba, Hiligaynon tuba, Maranao tiba' / toba, Western Bukidnon Manobo teba, and Tausug tuba'. See also Malay tuak, Javanese ꦠꦸꦮꦏ꧀ (tuwak), and Old Javanese twak. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈbaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈbaʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: tu‧ba ==== Noun ==== tubâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊ) tubâ, a palm wine created from the sap of various species of palm trees ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Spanish: tuba ===== See also ===== lambanog === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtuba/ [ˈt̪uː.bɐ] Rhymes: -uba Syllabification: tu‧ba ==== Noun ==== tuba (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊ) 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 ===== === Further reading === “tuba”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[3] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier. === Anagrams === utab == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtu.ba] === Verb === tuba (stative) to be piled ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh