kubu

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu (“field hut in the rice fields”). Doublet of kuwu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.bu/
• Rhymes: -bu
• Hyphenation: ku‧bu

Noun

kubu (first-person possessive kubuku, second-person possessive kubumu, third-person possessive kubunya)

1. corral, stockade.
2. bulwark, fort, redoubt, stronghold.
3. clique

Derived terms

• berkubu
• mengubui
• perkubuan
• terkubu

 

• kubu kapal
• rotan kubu

 

Further reading

• “kubu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Kavalan

Noun

kubu

1. hat

Latvian

Noun

kubu m

1. inflection of kubs:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

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

• “kubu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Alternative forms

• kub

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cubo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.bu/

Noun

kubu m (plural kubijiet or kubiet)

1. cube

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]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika