kalbo

Borrowed from Spanish calvo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalbo/ [ˈkal̪.bo]
• IPA^(key): /kalˈbo/ [kal̪ˈbo]
• Hyphenation: kal‧bo

kálbo or kalbó (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. bald

   Synonyms: pangas, upaw

kalbo

1. mullet fish

kalbō

1. romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉

Borrowed from Spanish calvo (“bald”) with a stress shift due to having a closed penultimate syllable, from Latin calvus.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalˈbo/ [kɐlˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: kal‧bo

kalbó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. bald; bald-headed

   Synonym: upaw

2. (figurative) devoid of trees; cleared (of a mountain or a forest)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalˈboʔ/ [kɐlˈboʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: kal‧bo

kalbô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. carried by the wind

• “kalbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• bakol, klabo, bokal

Cognate with Sawai kaleboben, Matbat bi³mbɔ¹²¹mpu, both meaning butterfly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal̪.bo/

kalbo

1. a butterfly

   Synonym: beebom

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics