loob

English

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of the first syllable of lubricant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)

1. (slang) lubricant, especially social lubricant

Anagrams

• BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, bool, lobo, obol

Manx

Noun

loob m (genitive singular loob, plural loobyn)

1. alternative form of lhoob

Pangasinan

Noun

loob

1. interior; inside

Sambali

Noun

loob

1. interior; inside

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *luqúb (“inside area, estuary”). Compare Ilocano luob, Pangasinan loob, Sambali loob, Kapampangan lub, Central Bikol luob, and Cebuano luob.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /loˈʔob/ [loˈʔob̚]
  • Rhymes: -ob
• (now dialectal, Batangas, Mindoro, Quezon, Rizal, alternative) IPA^(key): /ˈloʔob/ [ˈloː.ʔob̚], /ˈluʔob/ [ˈluː.ʔob̚]
  • Rhymes: -oʔob, -uʔob
• Syllabification: lo‧ob

Noun

loób (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

1. inside; interior; inner part

   Synonym: interyor

2. (by extension) underside of clothing
3. will; volition; disposition

   Synonyms: kalooban, kagustuhan, kaibigan, boluntad

4. courage; valor

   Synonyms: tapang, giting, lakas ng loob, balor

5. manners; behavior

   Synonyms: asal, ugali

6. (obsolete) bowels; core; essence (used in expressions)
7. (obsolete) act of allowing something

   Magloloob ka ng gayon?

   You will allow that?

8. (obsolete) want; desire

   Synonyms: ibig, nais, gusto

   Hindi ko loob iyan.

   That is not what I want.

Derived terms

• ang taong walang kibo, nasa loob ang kulo
• balat-katmon ang loob
• balik-loob
• basag ang loob
• buo ang loob
• hina ng loob
• hulog ang loob
• hulog ng loob
• humina ang loob
• ilaki ng loob
• ipagkaloob
• ipaloob
• isaloob
• isama ng loob
• kababaang-loob
• kagaanang-loob
• kagandahang-loob
• kahinaan ng loob
• kalakasan ng loob
• kalamigan ng loob
• kaloob
• kaloob-looban
• kalooban
• kaluban
• kaluwagan ng loob
• kaluwagang-loob
• kapalagayang-loob
• kasuotang panloob
• katigasan ng loob
• katmon ang loob
• kawalang-utang-na-loob
• kilos-loob
• kung loloobin
• kusang-loob
• labag sa loob
• laban sa loob
• lagay ng loob
• lakas ng loob
• lakasan ang loob
• linoob
• looban
• loobin
• loobkaphay
• lumakas ang loob
• lumoob
• mababang-loob
• mabigat ang loob
• mabuting loob
• magaling na loob
• magandang loob
• magbalik-loob
• magkaloob
• maglakas-loob
• magloob
• magloob-bata
• magmagandang-loob
• magpaloob
• magpasama ng loob
• mahina ang loob
• mahulog ang loob
• malakas ang loob
• malamig ang loob
• malayang loob
• malayo ang loob
• maluwag sa kalooban
• manloloob
• manloob
• manghina ang loob
• mapagkaloob
• mapaloob
• mapasaloob
• masasamang-loob
• masiraan ng loob
• matamis sa loob
• matamlay ang loob
• matibay ang loob
• matigas ang kalooban
• mawalan ng loob
• may-loob
• nasa kalooban
• oblo
• paghahawak ng loob
• pagkakaloob
• pagkalooban
• pagkamababang-loob
• pagloobang-bata
• pagpapalagayang-loob
• pagpapasama ng loob
• palakasin ang loob
• paloob
• pampalubag-loob
• panloloob
• panloob
• panghinaan ng loob
• pasiwalang-loob
• sakit ng loob
• saloobin
• sama ng loob
• samaan ng loob
• sira ang loob
• sirain ang loob
• sumaloob
• sumama ang loob
• tagaloob
• tibay ng loob
• tumibay ang loob
• ugnayang panloob
• utang-na-loob
• utanging-loob
• wala sa loob

Further reading

• “loob”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “loob”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 24: “Adentro) Loob (pp) de caſa o apoſento”
  • page 65: “Apoſento) Loob (pp) o interior de la caſa”
  • page 110: “Bienhaçer) Loob (pp) a otra persona”
  • page 188: “Coraçon) Loob (pp) bueno que deçimos”
  • page 216: “Debalde) Loob (pp) dar a otro algo”
  • page 220: “Degana) Loob (pp) haçer algo”
  • page 223: “Dentro) Loob [(pp)] de apoſento, o caſa”
  • page 293: “Entrañas) Loob (pp)”
  • page 293: “Entrar) Loob (pp) en lo interior dela caſa”
  • page 295: “Enves) Loob (pp) ſies de veſtido”
  • page 328: “Gana) Loob (pp) |. coſa, tener de algo”
  • page 370: “Interior) Loob (pp) de alguna coſa”
  • page 477: “Permitir) Loob (pp) q̃ſe haga o diga algo”
  • page 507: “Querer) Loob (pp) algo”
  • page 602: “Voluntad) Loob (pp) buena o mala”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*luqúb”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• Bool, lobo, oblo, bolo