chuba

See also: Chuba and chūba

English

A woman wearing a chuba

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of jupe and jubbah.

Noun

chuba (plural chubas)

1. A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
   • 2007 November 4, Shaila Dewan, “Emory's Little Tibet”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     DRESSED in a pale blue, floor-length chuba, Paige Wilson silently mouthed a paragraph-long greeting, in Tibetan, that she was about to deliver to the Dalai Lama.

Chungli Ao

Etymology

Bruhn derives this from a compound of Ahom elements.

Noun

chuba

1. king

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[2], Berkeley: University of California, page 11
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 29
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 134

Swazi

Verb

-chuba

1. to drive, to continue with

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Xhosa

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Verb

-chuba^?

1. (transitive) to peel

   Synonyms: -hluba, -kela

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