chuba

See also: chūba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa).

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.

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Verb

-chuba^?

1. (transitive) to peel

   Synonyms: -hluba, -kela

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