toub

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic طُوب (ṭūb). Compare English adobe.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

toub m (uncountable)

  1. (Africa) mud brick, adobe
    • 1921, Henri-René Lenormand, Le Simoun[1]:
      derrière vos murs en toub
      behind your brick walls

Obokuitai[edit]

Noun[edit]

toub

  1. breast

Further reading[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *daub, whence also Old English dēaf, Old Norse daufr.

Adjective[edit]

toub

  1. deaf

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: toup; doup, douf