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A tuba (sense 1).

Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”),[1] German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”),[2] from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). The Latin term is of obscure ultimate origin, but is possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there.

tuba (plural tubas)

  1. A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
    • 1990, Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound, page 230:
      One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.
  2. A large reed stop in organs.

a large brass musical instrument

Mosaic showing the Roman tuba (sense 2) and its size in relation to its player, circa 4th century A.D. Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

Learned borrowing from Latin tuba.

tuba (plural tubas or tubae)

  1. (anatomy) A tube or tubular organ.
    • 1958, Oliver P[ayne] Pearson, “_Phyllotis andium_”, in A Taxonomic Revision of the Rodent Genus Phyllotis (University of California Publications in Zoology; volume 56, number 4), Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 437:
      Compared with skulls of darwini, skulls of andium are smaller with shorter tooth rows (fig. 13), have less globular bullae that taper more gradually to the tubae, and a shorter, proportionately narrower rostrum with nasals usually relatively blunt behind and seldom projecting posteriorly far behind the premaxillae (pl. 11).
  2. A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
    • 1968, Roger Bragard, Ferdinand J[oseph] de Hen, translated by Bill Hopkins, “Wind Instruments”, in Musical Instruments in Art and History (A Studio Book), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, part II (The Middle Ages), page 60:
      From the eleventh century onwards, the trumpets, which had till then been modelled on the Roman tubae with their straightforward and somewhat rough sound, began to grow longer and thinner as their bells widened.
    • 1986, Raymond Buniak, A Twentieth-Century Treatise on the Trombone‎[1], [Bartlett, Ill.]: Raymond Buniak, →OCLC:
      This depicts trumpet blowing angels gripping instruments, of the Roman tubae variety, halfway down with the right hand, the left hand covering their mouth and the mouthpiece.
    • 1994 April, Stephan Grundy, “Along the Rhine”, in Rhinegold, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, book III (The Death of Athelings), page 451:
      As he drew nearer to Worms, he heard the brassy blare of Roman tubae from the ruddy sandstone walls of the city.

Borrowed from Malay tuba.

tuba (uncountable)

  1. A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Borrowed from Tagalog tuba.

tuba (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.

  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tuba (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

  3. ^ “tuba, _n._1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

  4. ^ Anthony Baines (1976), “Foundations of Tradition”, in Brass Instruments: Their History and Development, London: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 63: “On the monuments the tuba (short ‘u’ as in ‘wood’) measures about 120 cm. (4-foot C; Fig. 5, e), expanding gradually to a narrow bell.”

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tób.

tuba

  1. to pierce

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubáq. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's _Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo_—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

tubâ (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊ)

  1. a reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap
    • 2016 — Sumagang, Emeterio S., Barkada (20 January), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
      Sakit sa ulo sa ilang isigkaginikanan ang barkada. Walay usa nga nakatapos og kurso kay pulos tapolan moeskuyla. Hilig sa pamayabas, matod pa. Dunay publikong kolehiyo sa lungsod nga ang balayranan maabot sa bolsa sa ilang mga ginikanan apan gipalabi nila ang bagdoy-bagdoy. Wala silay mga trabaho ug nagpabuhi lang sa ilang mga ginikanan nga igo-igo ra sad ang kahimtang. Gidagnayan silag sunog-baga kay sobra kapalahubog. Tanan lalaon— tuba, serbesa, ram, wiski, brandi; baratohon o mahalon, lokal o imported. Kay way sapi, manggeyt kras silas mga kasal, bunyag ug birtdey parti aron makakaon ug makainom nga libre. Kadumdom silas patron sa tanang baryo sa lungsod sa Maigo kay way pista nga palabyon.
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    • 2017 — Tiu, Macario D., Laghan (27 June), Bisag Unsa, Mindaviews, MindaNews
      Nagkaon nig itlog sa pawikan ug nag-inom og tuba pinaagi sa pagsuyop niini gikan sa banga gamit ang straw (tingali gamayng kawayan).
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tuba (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊ)

  1. to cut down
  2. to harvest banana fruits
    • 2010 — Panilagao, Bartolome M., Mutya sa Saging Gardaba (24 May), Sugilanon, Kalingawan, Banat News
      Ambot unsang hitaboa, nga nahitiurok man si Miyoy, niadtong usa ka punoan nga saging gardaba, nga miali sa iyang paglakaw? Imbis mopaingon na unta siya sa dagat, iya naman hinuon kini nga gituba, aron dad-on sa iyang pinuy-anan ug malung-ag ni Nisya, nga sarang ikapamahaw sa iyang tulo ka buok anak nga pulos nagkutoy ang tiyan sa kagutom?
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tuba f

  1. tube (a cylindrical container)
  2. tuba (a large brass musical instrument)

Borrowed from German Tuba.

tuba m (plural tuba's, diminutive tubaatje n)

  1. tuba (large brass musical instrument)

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *tupa, from Germanic. Cognate to Livonian tubā, Finnish tupa, Icelandic stofa, German Stube, Swedish stuga.

tuba (genitive toa, partitive **tuba)

  1. room, chamber
Declension of tuba (ÕS type 18e/tuba, b-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative tuba toad
accusative nom.
gen. toa
genitive tubade
partitive tuba tubetubasid
illative tuppatoasse tubadesse
inessive toas tubades
elative toast tubadest
allative toale tubadele
adessive toal tubadel
ablative toalt tubadelt
translative toaks tubadeks
terminative toani tubadeni
essive toana tubadena
abessive toata tubadeta
comitative toaga tubadega

tuba m (plural tubas)

  1. tuba
  2. snorkel
  3. funnel cloud (or tub; see cumulonimbus tuba)

tuba f (plural tubas)

  1. tuba

tuba (plural tubák)

  1. (music) tuba

Inherited from Malay tuba, from Classical Malay توبا (tuba), from Old Malay [script needed] (tūva), from Proto-Malayic *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”).

tuba (plural **tuba-tuba)

  1. poison
    Hypernym: racun
  2. a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis

Borrowed from Dutch tuba, from German Tuba, from Italian tuba, from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).

tuba (plural **tuba-tuba)

  1. tube
    Synonyms: saluran, tabung
    Synonym: tiub (Standard Malay)
  2. (music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.

Derived from Latin tuba.

tuba f (plural tube)

  1. (music) tuba
  2. top hat
    Synonym: cilindro
  3. (anatomy) tube
    Synonym: tuba di Falloppio

tuba

  1. inflection of tubare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

tuba

  1. to say

Possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”) with similarities in meaning and form.[1]

tuba f (genitive tubae); first declension

  1. (literally, music) long trumpet over 1 meter in length, especially a war-trumpet
  2. (transferred sense)
    1. signal for war, war
    2. loud sound
      1. sonorous, elevated epic poetry
      2. lofty style of speaking
  3. (figurative) exciter, author, instigator
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First-declension noun.

Descendants

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tuba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 632

Borrowed from Bangi tuba.

  1. to pierce

-tuba (infinitive kotuba)

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tuba

  1. Salaca form of tubā (“room”)

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tūva),

tuba (Jawi spelling توبا, plural **tuba-tuba or **tuba2)

  1. (fishing) fish poison made from plant roots
    Hypernym: racun
  2. a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Borrowed from English tuba, from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).

tuba (Jawi spelling توبا, plural **tuba-tuba or **tuba2)

  1. (music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.

tuba

  1. fish poison

Learned borrowing from Latin tuba.

tuba f (diminutive tubka)

  1. tube (cylindrical container)
  2. tuba (large brass musical instrument)
  3. tube scarf (shawl in which the ends are stitched together, interposed several times around the neck when put on in order to surround this part of the body with a thick and high layer of knitted or woven fabric to protect against the cold)
    Synonym: komin
    Hypernym: szal

Borrowed from Latin tuba.

tuba f (plural tubas)

  1. (music) tuba (a large brass musical instrument)

Derived from Tagalog tuba or Cebuano tuba.

tuba f (uncountable)

  1. (Mexico, Philippines) coconut wine made from sweet coconut sap

Borrowed from Latin tuba.

tuba f (plural tubas)

  1. (music) tuba (A large brass musical instrument)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubáq. Compare Ilocano tuba, Kapampangan tuba, Calamian Tagbanwa tëw̓a, Aborlan Tagbanwa teba, Central Bikol tuba, Aklanon tuba, Cebuano tuba, Hiligaynon tuba, Maranao tiba' / toba, Western Bukidnon Manobo teba, and Tausug tuba'. See also Malay tuak, Javanese ꦠꦸꦮꦏ꧀ (tuwak), and Old Javanese twak.

tubâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊ)

  1. tubâ, a palm wine created from the sap of various species of palm trees

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”).

tuba (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊ)

  1. purging croton (a kind of croton plant the seeds of which is used to make croton oil)
  2. croton oil
  3. fish poison made from this plant
  4. act of poisoning fish (with such a poison)
    Synonym: pagtuba

tuba

  1. (stative) to be piled