tubo

See also: Tubo, tubò, túbō, Túbó, tùbò, tūbō, and Tǔbō

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, compare Malay tebu.

Noun

tubo

1. sugar cane

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “tubo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈt̪uː.boʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Verb

tubò (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. to grow
2. to profit; to gain profit
3. to pay the interest in order to renew or extend a loan

Noun

tubò (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. the growth of a person, plant, etc.
2. (finance) interest

   Synonym: interes

3. (accounting, economics) profit

Etymology 2

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522. Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS. Compare Malay tebu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈbo/ [t̪uˈbo]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubó (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sugar cane

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪uː.bo]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

túbo (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. pipe (rigid tube)
2. (anatomy) Fallopian tube
3. (anatomy, humorous) penis

   Synonym: utin

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubo.

Anagrams

• buot, buto, tuob

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin tuba

Latin tubusder.

Spanish tubobor.

Central Bikol tubo

Borrowed from Spanish tubo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈtu.bo]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

túbo (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. a pipe, a tube (for water)

Derived terms

• tubero

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *təbuS

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh

Central Bikol tubo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈbo/ [tuˈbo]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubó (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sugarcane

Derived terms

• katubohan

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq

Proto-Philippine *tubuq

Central Bikol tubo

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈtu.boʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubò (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. growth, sprouting

   Synonym: tambo

2. mushroom

   Synonym: kurakding

3. (finance) interest

   Synonym: interes

Derived terms

• magtubo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin tuba

Latin tubusder.

Italian tubobor.

▲

Latin tubusder.

Middle French tubeder.

English tubebor.

Esperanto tubo

Borrowed from Italian tubo and English tube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo (accusative singular tubon, plural tuboj, accusative plural tubojn)

1. tube

Derived terms

• fumtubo

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “tubo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin tuba

Latin tubusder.

Galician tubo

Derived from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube, pipe (open at both ends)
2. tube (container closed at one end)

Related terms

• tubular

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Interlingua

Noun

tubo (plural tubos)

1. tube

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bo/
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Hyphenation: tù‧bo

Etymology 1

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Noun

tubo m (plural tubi)

1. tube
2. pipe
3. (derogatory, vulgar) a male homosexual

Related terms

• estubare
• intubare
• tubaggio
• tubatura
• tubazione
• tubetto
• tubicino
• tubicolo
• tubiero
• tubista
• tubo neurale
• tubolare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tubo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tubare

Latin

Noun

tubō

1. dative/ablative singular of tubus

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• tübu

Etymology

From Italian tubo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtybu/

Noun

tubo m (plural tubo)

1. tube

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin tuba

Latin tubusder.

Portuguese tubo

Derived from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bu/ [ˈtu.βu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bu/ [ˈtu.βu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bu/

• Rhymes: -ubu
• Hyphenation: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube
2. pipe
3. (surfing) tube

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubo.

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tubo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tubo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪u.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: tu‧bo
• Homophone: tuvo

Noun

tubo m (plural tubos)

1. tube

   Synonym: canuto

2. (Latin America) receiver (on a telephone)

Derived terms

• baile del tubo
• barco lanzatorpedos
• falda de tubo
• pollera tubo
• por un tubo
• tubo de buceo
• tubo de ensayo
• tubo de escape
• tubo de rayos catódicos
• tubo digestivo
• tubo fluorescente
• tubo lanzatorpedos
• tubo neural
• tubo respirador

Related terms

• tolva

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq

Proto-Philippine *tubuq

Tagalog tubo

From Proto-Philippine *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq (cf. Fijian tubu (“to grow”), Javanese ꦠꦸꦮꦸꦃ (tuwuh, “to grow”), Māori tupu (“to grow”), Malay tubuh (“body”) / tumbuh (“to grow”)), from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq (cf. Paiwan cuvuq (“sprout”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtuboʔ/ [ˈt̪uː.boʔ] (“sprout; growth; native; (finance) interest; profit”, noun; “native (of a person)”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -uboʔ
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈboʔ/ [t̪ʊˈboʔ] (“growing, germinating”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sprout; shoot

   Synonyms: supling, supang, talbos, usbong, suloy

2. germination; growth (of a seed)

   Synonyms: pagtubo, sibol, pagsibol, supang, pagsupang

3. native of a place
4. (finance) interest

   Synonyms: interes, gana, ganansiya

5. profit

   Synonym: kita

6. (figurative) new growth

   Synonyms: supang, suloy

Derived terms

• katutubo
• labang-tubo
• lupang-tinubuan
• magpapatubo
• magpatubo
• magtubo
• makatubo
• matubo
• pagpapatubo
• pagtubo
• pagtubuan
• pagtutubo
• pampatubo
• papagtubuin
• patubuan
• patubuin
• tinubo
• tubong binaboy
• tubong lugaw
• tubuan
• tubuin
• tumubo

Adjective

tubò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. native of a place (of a person)

See also

• taga-

Adjective

tubô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. already growing or germinating (of seeds)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *təbuS

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh

Tagalog tubo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (cf. Chamorro tupu, Kapampangan atbu, Sambali tabo, Malay tebu, Tausug tubu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS (cf. Kavalan tbus, Paiwan tjevus).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈbo/ [t̪ʊˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sugar cane

Derived terms

• magtubo
• magtutubo
• talbustubo
• tubuhan

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Latin tuba

Latin tubusder.

Spanish tubobor.

Tagalog tubo

Borrowed from Spanish tubo, from Latin tubus, from tuba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtubo/ [ˈt̪uː.bo]
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: tu‧bo

Noun

tubo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜓ)

1. tube; pipe
2. tube (of toothpaste, paint, etc.)
3. glass bulb or tube (used to protect the light of a lamp)

   Synonym: embudo

Related terms

• liyabe-de-tubo
• tuberiya
• tubero

Further reading

• “tubo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cubuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tebuS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• but-o, buto, buot

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.bo]

Verb

tubo

1. (transitive) to prod fruit

Conjugation

Conjugation of tubo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totubo	fotubo	mitubo
2nd person		notubo	nitubo
3rd person	masculine	otubo	itubo yotubo (archaic)
	feminine	motubo
	neuter	itubo

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.bo]

Noun

tubo

1. thick billowing smoke

References

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