Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkubaʔ/ [ˈku.baʔ]Category:Central Bikol terms with IPA pronunciation#KUBA
• Hyphenation: ku‧ba

Noun

kubà (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#KUBACategory:Central Bikol nouns#KUBACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#KUBACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#KUBACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. hunchback

   Synonym: buktot

Adjective

kubà (plural kuruba, Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#KUBACategory:Central Bikol adjectives#KUBACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#KUBACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#KUBACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. hunchbacked

   Synonym: buktot

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-BantuCategory:Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#KUBACategory:Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu#KUBA *kʊ̀jíba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ɓá/Category:Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation#KUBA

Infinitive

kubáCategory:Chichewa non-lemma forms#KUBACategory:Chichewa infinitives#KUBACategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. infinitive of -ba.

Noun

kuba class 15Category:Chichewa lemmas#KUBACategory:Chichewa nouns#KUBACategory:Chichewa class 15 nouns#KUBACategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Chichewa class 15 nouns#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. theft
2. stealing
3. robbery
4. larceny
5. grabbing
6. kidnapping

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press, page 225

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#KUBACategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#KUBA

• Audio:

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  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#KUBA
• Rhymes: -ubaCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/uba#KUBACategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/uba/2 syllables#KUBA
• Syllabification: ku‧ba

Etymology 1

From kubo (“cube”) +‎ -aCategory:Esperanto terms suffixed with -a#KUBA.

Adjective

kuba (accusative singular kuban, plural kubaj, accusative plural kubajn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#KUBACategory:Esperanto adjectives#KUBACategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. cubical

Related terms

• kube (“cubically”)

Etymology 2

From Kubo (“Cuba”) +‎ -aCategory:Esperanto terms suffixed with -a#KUBA.

Further reading

• “kuba”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kuba”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Noun

kuba mCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#KUBACategory:Latvian noun forms#KUBACategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. genitive singular of kubs

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-BantuCategory:Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#KUBACategory:Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu#KUBA *kʊ̀jíba.

Infinitive

kubáCategory:Shona non-lemma forms#KUBACategory:Shona infinitives#KUBACategory:Shona entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. infinitive of -ba.

Etymology

From Kuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuba/, [ˈkuba]Category:Slovak 2-syllable words#KUBACategory:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#KUBA
• Rhymes: -ubaCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/uba#KUBACategory:Rhymes:Slovak/uba/2 syllables#KUBA
• Hyphenation: ku‧ba
• Homophone: KubaCategory:Slovak terms with homophones#KUBA

Noun

kuba f (genitive singular kuby, nominative plural kuby, genitive plural kúb, declension pattern of ženaCategory:Slovak links with redundant wikilinks#KUBA)Category:Slovak lemmas#KUBACategory:Slovak nouns#KUBACategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Slovak feminine nouns#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. a Cuban cigar
2. a Cuban-style cigar

See also

• cigara

Further reading

• “kuba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from ArabicCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic#KUBACategory:Swahili terms derived from Arabic#KUBA قُبَّة (qubba).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

  Category:Swahili terms with audio pronunciation#KUBA

Noun

kuba class IX (plural kuba class X)Category:Swahili lemmas#KUBACategory:Swahili nouns#KUBACategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Swahili class IX nouns#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. dome
2. cupola

Etymology

Ultimately from SanskritCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Sanskrit#KUBA कुब्ज (kubja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkubaʔ/ [ˈkuː.bɐʔ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#KUBACategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#KUBA
• Rhymes: -ubaʔCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ubaʔ#KUBACategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/ubaʔ/2 syllables#KUBA
• Syllabification: ku‧baCategory:Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation#KUBA

Adjective

kubà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#KUBACategory:Tagalog adjectives#KUBACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#KUBACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#KUBACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. hunchbacked

   Synonyms: bukot, buktot, kiing, hukot, kurkubado

   • 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa: bat iba pang kwento, Color & Pages Pub.

     Naging kuba siya. Nang matira kami roon at maging kalaro ko siya at kaibigan, tahimik siyang lumalayo sa umpukan naming mga magkakapwa-bata kapag napag-uusapan ang tungkol sa angel dela guardia. "Mabuti't nagawi ka sa dakong ...

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     Category:Tagalog terms with quotations#KUBACategory:Requests for translations of Tagalog quotations#KUBA

Noun

kubà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#KUBACategory:Tagalog nouns#KUBACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#KUBACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#KUBACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. hunchback (person)
   • 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa: bat iba pang kwento, Color & Pages Pub.

     "Magiliw siyang makipag-usap sa 'kin kahit kuba ako, kahit alam niyang basagulero 'ko at magulo lalo na kung nakainom. Hindi siya nandidiri sa 'kin gaya nu'ng iba. Madalas niya 'kong yayaing sumayaw. Lagi akong tumatanggi. Hindi ako ...

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     Category:Tagalog terms with quotations#KUBACategory:Requests for translations of Tagalog quotations#KUBA

Further reading

• “kuba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 286

Anagrams

• buka, ukab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/Category:West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation#KUBA

Verb

kubaCategory:West Makian lemmas#KUBACategory:West Makian verbs#KUBACategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#KUBACategory:Pages with entries#KUBACategory:Pages with 9 entries#KUBA

1. (transitiveCategory:West Makian transitive verbs#KUBA) to cut
2. (transitiveCategory:West Makian transitive verbs#KUBA, of humans) to kill

   Synonym: fakuba

   Coordinate term: (of animals) fagei

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics