tubu

== Äiwoo == === Adjective === tubu dull, blunt === References === Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 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. == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin tubus. === Noun === tubu m (plural tubos) tube == Fijian == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Pacific *tubu, from Proto-Oceanic *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, *tumbuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tubuq. === Verb === tubu (intransitive) to grow (to become bigger) == Higaonon == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh. === Noun === tubu sugar cane == Iban == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu.bʊʔ/ === Noun === tubu bamboo shoot === Adjective === tubu robust === Verb === tubu extend; lengthen elaborate; extend the conversation == Limos Kalinga == === Noun === tubu leaf == Lubuagan Kalinga == === Noun === tubu leaf == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic تَابَ (tāba). === Pronunciation === === Verb === -tubu (infinitive kutubu) to repent, confess ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== kitubio (“repentance”) toba (“repentance”) === References === == Tausug == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh. === Pronunciation === (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /tubu/ [t̪ʊˈβu] Rhymes: -u Syllabification: tu‧bu === Noun === tubu (Sulat Sūg spelling تُبُ) sugar cane == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtu.bu] === Noun === tubu top, peak === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh