kalabera

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calavera (“skull”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧be‧ra
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbeɾa/ [ka.l̪aˈbe.ɾa]

Noun

kalabera

  1. (anatomy) skeleton
    Synonym: bungo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calavera (“skull”), from Latin calvaria, from calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós (“bald”) which contains the suffix *-wós (whence Latin -vus), from *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧be‧ra
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbeɾa/ [kɐ.l̪ɐˈbi.ɾ̪ɐ]

Noun

kalabera

  1. skeleton
  2. (dated) skull
  3. (folklore) undead skeleton
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