tibo

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧bo
  • IPA(key): /tiˈboʔ/ [tiˈboʔ]

Noun

tibô

  1. swamp; bog; marsh
    Synonyms: dalnak, tangyan, lamawan
  2. (slang) lesbian
    Synonym: tomboy

Catalan

Verb

tibo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tibar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧bo

Noun

tibo

  1. a spindle snail or tulip snail; any member of the family Fasciolariidae

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtiboʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.boʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iboʔ
  • Syllabification: ti‧bo

Noun

tibò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

  1. sting or a small painful wound inflicted by some species of fish (such as kanduli, hito, pagi, liwalo, sumbilang, etc.) and also by bees
  2. external spine, thorn, or excrescence of certain kinds of fish and insects that does the stinging

Etymology 2

Compare English tomboy and T-bird.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiˈboʔ/ [t̪ɪˈboʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • Syllabification: ti‧bo

Noun

tibô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊᜓ) (slang)

  1. lesbian
    Synonyms: lesbiyana, lesbiya, tomboy, (colloquial) shiboli, (slang) tiboom, (slang) T-bird
Derived terms

Anagrams

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈti.bo]

Verb

tibo

  1. (transitive) to sell with interest

Conjugation

Conjugation of tibo
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totibo fotibo mitibo
2nd person notibo nitibo
3rd
person
masculine otibo itibo
yotibo (archaic)
feminine motibo
neuter itibo

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh