tubos
Asturian
Noun
tubos
- plural of tubu
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbus.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tu‧bos
Verb
tubos
- to redeem a pawned item
- to accomplish or finish a task for someone
Galician
Noun
tubos
- plural of tubo
Interlingua
Noun
tubos
- plural of tubo
Latin
Noun
tubōs
- accusative plural of tubus
Portuguese
Noun
tubos
- plural of tubo
Spanish
Noun
tubos m pl
- plural of tubo
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbus. Compare Ilocano subbot, Kapampangan atbus, Cebuano tubos, Malay tebus, and Toba Batak tobus.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈbos/ [t̪ʊˈbos]
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: tu‧bos
Noun
tubós (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓᜐ᜔)
- ransom (money paid for the release of a captive)
- redemption (as of mortgaged property, etc.)
- Synonym: pagtubos
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tubos”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “tubos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tebus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI