kubli

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cubrir (“to cover”), from Old Spanish cubrir, cobrir, from Latin cooperīre. Doublet of kover.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kubˈli/ [kʊbˈlɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: kub‧li

Adjective

kublí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. hidden from sight; out of sight
    Synonyms: tago, liblib, kanlong
  2. secret; unknown
    Synonyms: lingid, lihim, sekreto

Derived terms

  • ikubli
  • kublihan
  • kubling-kubli
  • kumubli
  • kumubli-kubli
  • magkubli
  • makakubli
  • makubli
  • makublihan
  • mangubli
  • pagkubli
  • pagkukubli

Noun

kublí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. act of hiding to be out of sight
    Synonyms: tago, pagtatago
  2. hidden place

Further reading

  • “kubli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 318

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