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• guba'

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ʀəbaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀəbaq.

• IPA(key): /ɡuˈbaʔ/ [ɡuˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: gu‧ba

gubâ

1. destroyed; damaged; annihilated

• gub-on

Akin to Aklanon guba.

• Hyphenation: gu‧ba
• IPA(key): /ɡuˈbaʔ/ [ɡʊˈbaʔ]

guba (Badlit spelling ᜄᜓᜊ)

1. broken

guba (Badlit spelling ᜄᜓᜊ)

1. faulty functioning; malfunction
2. a broken or defective item

guba (Badlit spelling ᜄᜓᜊ)

1. to destroy; to break; to make useless
2. to dismantle
3. (electronics) to brick

• giguba

• gub-a

• gub-i

• gubaon

• gubaonon

• nag-guba

• 'guba, gooba, goobuh

From Kongo nguba ("kidney").

• IPA(key): /ɡu.bə/, /ɡu.bʌ/

guba

1. peanut

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
• IPA(key): /ɡú.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷʊ́.bàː]

gubā̀ f (possessed form gubàr̃)

1. poison, toxin

• IPA(key): [ˈɡubɒ]
• Hyphenation: gu‧ba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

guba (plural gubák)

1. (historical) textile made of wool
2. (historical) a long outer garment made of wool covering the entire body

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mákos guba (guba with poppy seeds)

guba (plural gubák)

1. a type of dough that is first baked, then scalded with hot water, finally flavored with poppy seeds, jam, etc.
2. (slang) money

• (garment): guba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (type of dough): guba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• guba in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

guba f (4th declension)

1. heap, pile

• gubu mākonis, gubumākonis

From Proto-Slavic *gǫba (“lip”).

• IPA(key): /ˈɡuba/

guba f (diminutive gubka)

1. mouth
2. (especially in the dual) lip

• gubac

• gubaty

• gubawa

• gubawka

• gubcycka

• gubisko

• gubkaty

• gubkowaś

• gubny

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “guba”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “guba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba.

gȕba f (Cyrillic spelling гу̏ба)

1. mushroom (general term for parasitic, poisonous and inedible species such as death cap)
2. (archaic) sponge

• “guba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Unknown, possibly from Proto-Slavic *gǫba (Etymology 1), modern sense deriving through the association with appearance and toxicity of the mushrooms.

gȕba f (Cyrillic spelling гу̏ба)

1. leprosy (contagious disease)
   Synonym: lȅpra
2. (Kajkavian) wrinkle, crease, pucker (slight line or fold in a person’s face)

• “guba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Unknown.

gȕba f (Cyrillic spelling гу̏ба)

1. (dated, slang, Croatia) a contemptible or disagreeable person; asshole, jerk
2. (slang, Croatia) an appealing, important or fashionable person or thing or such quality; coolness, chic

guba (Cyrillic spelling губа)

1. (slang, Croatia) currently popular or desirable; cool, trendy, fashionable, hip
2. (slang, Croatia) having desirable qualities; excellent, awesome, amazing

• “guba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• IPA(key): /ɡùːba/

gúba f

1. wrinkle (a line or crease in the skin)

• “guba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026