siba

See also: šiba

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ˈsibaʔ/ [ˈsi.baʔ]

Verb

sibà

1. to eat like an animal
2. (angry register) to eat; to consume

   Synonym: hablo

Derived terms

• magsiba
• masiba
• sibaon

 

See also

• kain
• kakan
• kaon

 

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sepia. Doublet of sépia. Compare Galician xiba and Spanish jibia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bɐ/ [ˈsi.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ibɐ
• Hyphenation: si‧ba

Noun

siba f (plural sibas)

1. cuttlebone
2. cuttlefish (any squid-like mollusc of the genus Sepia)

   Synonyms: choco, sépia

Romagnol

Alternative forms

• sèiba

Etymology

From Latin silva(m) (“wood, forest”), accusative of Latin silva (“wood, forest”).

Noun

siba f (plural sib)

1. (archaic) forest

   Synonyms: sélva, bòs-c

2. (archaic) hedge

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 585

Sotho

Verb

siba

1. to stop a hole

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsibaʔ/ [ˈsiː.bɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ibaʔ
• Syllabification: si‧ba

Noun

sibà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ)

1. gluttony; voracity; avarice; greediness; voraciousness

   Synonyms: takaw, katakawan, kasakiman, kakamkaman

Derived terms

• masiba

Anagrams

• basi, bisa, sabi

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsi.ba]

Noun

siba

1. a kind of bird, some kind of small green cockatoo

References

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