kub

See also: KUB

Translingual

Symbol

kub

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kutep.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kutep terms

Albanian

Noun

kub m

1. (geometry) cube
2. (mathematics) a third power of a number or expression

Declension

Declension of kub

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kub	kubi	kube	kubet
accusative		kubin
dative	kubi	kubit	kubeve	kubeve
ablative			kubesh

Derived terms

• kubik

Further reading

• “kub”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “kub”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Livonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuˀb/, [ˈkuˀb̥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kupo.

Noun

ku’b

1. group

Declension

Declension of ku’b (74)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	ku’b	kubūd
genitive (genitīv)	ku’b	kubūd
partitive (partitīv)	ku’bbõ	kubīdi
dative (datīv)	ku’bbõn	kubūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	ku’bkõks	kubūdõks
illative (illatīv)	ku’bbõ	ku’bži
inessive (inesīv)	ku’bsõ	ku’bši
elative (elatīv)	ku’bstõ	ku’bšti

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latvian kubs.

Noun

ku’b

1. cube

Declension

Declension of ku’b (74)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	ku’b	kubūd
genitive (genitīv)	ku’b	kubūd
partitive (partitīv)	ku’bbõ	kubīdi
dative (datīv)	ku’bbõn	kubūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	ku’bkõks	kubūdõks
illative (illatīv)	ku’bbõ	ku’bži
inessive (inesīv)	ku’bsõ	ku’bši
elative (elatīv)	ku’bstõ	ku’bšti

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ku’b”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Meriam

Noun

kub

1. a type of tree

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːb

Noun

kub c

1. (geometry) cube; polyhedron with six identical, square faces
2. a roughly cube-shaped object
3. (mathematics) a third power of a number or expression

Declension

Declension of kub

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kub	kubs
	definite	kuben	kubens
plural	indefinite	kuber	kubers
	definite	kuberna	kubernas

Synonyms

• (cube-shaped object): tärning
• (third power): tredjepotens

Related terms

• kubisk
• kubism
• kubist

See also

• isbit

References

• kub in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kub in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kub in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• buk

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku˥/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *kjeəm (“gold”), borrowed from Old Chinese 金 (OC *krɯm, “gold, metal”).

Noun

kub

1. gold

   Nws muaj nyiaj muaj kub ntau ntau. ― He has plenty of silver and gold.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *klɛɔŋ (“horn”). Cognate with Iu Mien jorng.

Noun

kub (classifier: tus (singular), txwm (plural))

1. horn (of an animal)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *k(h)lɛɔm (“hot (water)”). Cognate with Iu Mien jorm.

Adjective

kub

1. hot, warm

   hluav taws kub ― a hot fire

2. used figuratively to describe earnestness, "hot-hearted"

Derived terms

• kub siab (“earnest, determined”)

Verb

kub

1. to be burned or scalded

   kub hnyiab lawm ― burned

   Nws lub tsev kub hnyiab tag lawm. ― His house burned completely.

   kub hlab lawm ― scalded

See also

• sov

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 88.

Zaniza Zapotec

Adjective

kub

1. new