sobu

See also: sobú and sobů

Central Dusun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səbu, from Proto-Austronesian *səbu (“bladder”).

Noun

sobu

1. urine

Derived terms

• nokosobu
• sumobu

References

• “sobu”, in Dusun dictionary, 2025–2026

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səbu, from Proto-Austronesian *səbu (“bladder”).

Noun

sobu

1. urine

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsobu]

Noun

sobu m anim

1. dative/locative singular of sob

   Synonym: sobovi

Livvi

Etymology

From soba (“clothes”) +‎ -u. The semantic shift "clothes" > "agreement" is comparable to the Finnish derivation of sopimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsobu/
• Hyphenation: so‧bu
• Rhymes: -obu

Noun

sobu (genitive sovun, partitive sobuu)

1. agreement

Derived terms

(compounds):

• vokalisobu

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019), “sobu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȍbu (Cyrillic spelling со̏бу)

1. accusative singular of soba

Noun

sobu (Cyrillic spelling собу)

1. dative/locative singular of sob