ubod
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubuj (“heart of palm, palm-cabbage”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧bod
Noun
ubod
- a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees; heart of palm
- an eel
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǔːbod/
- Hyphenation: u‧bod
Noun
úbod m inan (Cyrillic spelling у́бод)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ubod | ubodi |
| genitive | uboda | uboda |
| dative | ubodu | ubodima |
| accusative | ubod | ubode |
| vocative | ubode | ubodi |
| locative | ubodu | ubodima |
| instrumental | ubodom | ubodima |
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubuj (“heart of palm, palm-cabbage”). Compare Ilocano ubog, Kapampangan ubud, Aklanon ubad, Cebuano ubod, and Malay umbut. Doublet of buod.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔubod/ [ˈʔuː.bod̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ubod
- Syllabification: u‧bod
Noun
ubod (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜓᜇ᜔)
- core; central part of certain fruits; pulp
- (botany) pith
- pulp (center of a tooth)
- innermost depths
- Synonyms: kaloob-looban, kaibuturan
- the very center
- Synonyms: gitna, kalagitnaan, sentro
- kernel
- Synonym: buod
- nucleus
- the utmost; superlative
- Synonyms: sukdulan, kasukdulan
See also
Further reading
- “ubod”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “ubod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qubuj”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI