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tubo

Pronunciation: /ˈtuboʔ/

“tubo” is a Tagalog word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sprout; shoot
  2. germination; growth (of a seed)
  3. native of a place
  4. interest
  5. profit
  6. new growth
  7. sugar cane
  8. tube; pipe
  9. tube (of toothpaste, paint, etc.)
  10. glass bulb or tube (used to protect the light of a lamp)

adjective

  1. native of a place (of a person)
  2. already growing or germinating (of seeds)

Etymology

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”)).

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