kubu

Kavalan

Noun

kubu

  1. hat

Latvian

Noun

kubu m

  1. accusative singular form of kubs
  2. instrumental singular form of kubs
  3. genitive plural form of kubs

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu. Cognate with Tagalog kubo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kubu/
  • Rhymes: -ubu, -bu
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈkubu]

Noun

kubu (Jawi spelling کوبو‎, plural kubu-kubu, informal 1st possessive kubuku, 2nd possessive kubumu, 3rd possessive kubunya)

  1. fort

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • berkubu [stative / habitual] (beR-)
  • berkubukan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
  • perkubuan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: kubu

Further reading

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngùbʊ́.

Noun

kubu

  1. hippopotamus

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngùbʊ́.

Noun

kubu class 9/10 (plural dikubu)

  1. hippopotamus

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngùbʊ́.

Noun

kubu (plural dikubu)

  1. hippopotamus

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kupu.

Noun

kubu

  1. crop, craw (part of birds' digestive tract)

Inflection
Inflection of kubu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. kubu
genitive sing. kubun
partitive sing. kubud
partitive plur. kubuid
singular plural
nominative kubu kubud
accusative kubun kubud
genitive kubun kubuiden
partitive kubud kubuid
essive-instructive kubun kubuin
translative kubuks kubuikš
inessive kubus kubuiš
elative kubuspäi kubuišpäi
illative kubuhu kubuihe
adessive kubul kubuil
ablative kubulpäi kubuilpäi
allative kubule kubuile
abessive kubuta kubuita
comitative kubunke kubuidenke
prolative kubudme kubuidme
approximative I kubunno kubuidenno
approximative II kubunnoks kubuidennoks
egressive kubunnopäi kubuidennopäi
terminative I kubuhusai kubuihesai
terminative II kubulesai kubuilesai
terminative III kubussai —
additive I kubuhupäi kubuihepäi
additive II kubulepäi kubuilepäi

References
  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “зоб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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