adube

Ido

Adverb

adube

  1. whereto

Portuguese

Verb

adube

  1. inflection of adubar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Fon adíngbè (epilepsy).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adube/, [a̠dubɪ̞], [ɑ̟dube̝]

Noun

adube

  1. epilepsy
  2. attack, convulsion, seizure
  3. trance

References

  1. ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 465.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈdube/ [ʔɐˈd̪uː.bɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ube
  • Syllabification: a‧du‧be

Noun

adube (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜊᜒ)

  1. alternative form of adobe

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb).

Noun

adube (plural adubes)

  1. Adobe.

Synonyms

  • xömi̱tl

References

  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971, page 107