tobo

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Galician

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Etymology

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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).[1]

Akin to Spanish tobillo ("ankle", anciently "anklebone").

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tobo m (plural tobos, feminine toba, feminine plural tobas)

  1. burrow, den
    Synonyms: toco, pala
    • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, Pontevedra: Impr. de D. José e D. Primitivo Vilas, page 203:
      seique val máis estar dez anos nun bo presidio que dez días nesa cadea de Pontevedra, nese edificio triste, feo, cheirento, apestado, oscuro, inmundo que máis ben pode chamarse cortello ou tobo para feras que non casa para ter os homes
      I know that it is better to expend 10 years in a good colonial fort than ten days in that jail of Pontevedra, that sad, ugly, smelly, plagued, dark, filthy building, that could better be called a pigsty or a den for beasts than a house for men

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique[1], volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 9-11

Mansaka

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Etymology 1

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From tubo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh. Compare Malay tebu.

Noun

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tobo

  1. sugar cane

Etymology 2

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From tubo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq. Compare Malay tumbuh.

Verb

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tobo

  1. to grow

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtobo/ [ˈt̪o.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: to‧bo

Noun

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tobo m (plural tobos)

  1. (Venezuela) bucket or container
    tobo de la basuragarbage can, dustbin

Swahili

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Etymology

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From -toboa.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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tobo (ma class, plural matobo)

  1. hole

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tobo

  1. (intransitive) to swim

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tobo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totobo fotobo mitobo
2nd notobo nitobo
3rd Masculine otobo itobo, yotobo
Feminine motobo
Neuter itobo
- archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

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Etymology

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Compare Ternate tobo (to swim).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tobo

  1. (intransitive) to bathe
  2. (transitive) to bathe

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tobo (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totobo motobo atobo
2nd person notobo fotobo
3rd person inanimate itobo dotobo
animate
imperative notobo, tobo fotobo, tobo

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics