tubo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Aklanon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, compare Malay tebu.
=== Noun ===
tubo
sugar cane
== Aragonese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtubo/
Syllabification: tu‧bo
Rhymes: -ubo
=== Noun ===
tubo m (plural tubos)
tube
=== References ===
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tubo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
== Bikol Central ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Spanish tubo.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈtu.bo]
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
túbo (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
a pipe, a tube (for water)
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /tuˈbo/ [tuˈbo]
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
tubó (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
sugarcane
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈtu.boʔ]
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
tubò (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
growth, sprouting
Synonym: tambo
mushroom
Synonym: kurakding
(finance) interest
Synonym: interes
===== Derived terms =====
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈt̪u.boʔ]
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
==== Verb ====
tubò (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
to grow
to profit; to gain profit
to pay the interest in order to renew or extend a loan
==== Noun ====
tubò (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
the growth of a person, plant, etc.
(finance) interest
Synonym: interes
(accounting, economics) profit
=== Etymology 2 ===
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.
Compare Malay tebu.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /tuˈbo/ [t̪ʊˈbo]
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
tubó (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
sugar cane
=== Etymology 3 ===
Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.bo]
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
túbo (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
pipe (rigid tube)
(anatomy) Fallopian tube
(anatomy, humorous) penis
Synonym: utin
===== Quotations =====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubo.
=== Anagrams ===
buot, buto, tuob
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian tubo and English tube.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtubo/
Rhymes: -ubo
Syllabification: tu‧bo
=== Noun ===
tubo (accusative singular tubon, plural tuboj, accusative plural tubojn)
tube
==== Derived terms ====
fumtubo
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.β̞ʊ]
Rhymes: -ubo
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
=== Noun ===
tubo m (plural tubos)
tube, pipe (open at both ends)
tube (container closed at one end)
==== Related terms ====
tubular
=== Further reading ===
“tubo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Interlingua ==
=== Noun ===
tubo (plural tubos)
tube
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtu.bo/
Rhymes: -ubo
Hyphenation: tù‧bo
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
==== Noun ====
tubo m (plural tubi)
tube
pipe
(derogatory, vulgar) a male homosexual
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
tubo
first-person singular present indicative of tubare
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
tubō
dative/ablative singular of tubus
== Piedmontese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tübu
=== Etymology ===
From Italian tubo.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtybu/
=== Noun ===
tubo m (plural tubo)
tube
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ubu
Hyphenation: tu‧bo
=== Noun ===
tubo m (plural tubos)
tube
pipe
(surfing) tube
==== Quotations ====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubo.
=== Further reading ===
“tubo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“tubo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“tubo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.β̞o]
Rhymes: -ubo
Syllabification: tu‧bo
Homophone: tuvo
=== Noun ===
tubo m (plural tubos)
tube
Synonym: canuto
(Latin America) receiver (on a telephone)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Further reading ====
“tubo”, 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 ===
From Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq (cf. Fijian tubu (“to grow”), Javanese ꦠꦸꦮꦸꦃ (tuwuh, “to grow”), Māori tupu (“to grow”), Malay tubuh (“body”) / tumbuh (“to grow”)), from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (cf. Paiwan cuvuq (“sprout”)).
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog)
IPA(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈt̪uː.boʔ] (“sprout; growth; native; (finance) interest; profit”, noun; “native (of a person)”, adjective)
Rhymes: -uboʔ
IPA(key): /tuˈboʔ/ [t̪ʊˈboʔ] (“growing, germinating”, adjective)
Rhymes: -oʔ
Syllabification: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
sprout; shoot
Synonyms: supling, supang, talbos, usbong, suloy
germination; growth (of a seed)
Synonyms: pagtubo, sibol, pagsibol, supang, pagsupang
native of a place
(finance) interest
Synonyms: interes, gana, ganansiya
profit
Synonym: kita
(figurative) new growth
Synonyms: supang, suloy
===== Derived terms =====
==== Adjective ====
tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
native of a place (of a person)
===== See also =====
==== Adjective ====
tubô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
already growing or germinating (of seeds)
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (cf. Chamorro tupu, Kapampangan atbu, Sambali tabo, Malay tebu, Tausug tubu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS (cf. Kavalan tbus, Paiwan tjevus).
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈbo/ [t̪ʊˈbo]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
tubó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
sugar cane
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus.
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪uː.bo]
Rhymes: -ubo
Syllabification: tu‧bo
==== Noun ====
tubo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)
tube; pipe
tube (of toothpaste, paint, etc.)
glass bulb or tube (used to protect the light of a lamp)
Synonym: embudo
===== Related terms =====
=== Further reading ===
“tubo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cubuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tebuS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
=== Anagrams ===
but-o, buto, buot
== Ternate ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): [ˈtu.bo]
==== Verb ====
tubo
(transitive) to prod fruit
===== Conjugation =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): [ˈtu.bo]
==== Noun ====
tubo
thick billowing smoke
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh