suba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "suba"

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subə/
• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Adverb

suba (Balinese speaker ᬲᬸᬩ)

1. (kasar) already

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese śubha (“splendid, bright, beautiful, pleasant, agreeable, fit, useful; auspicious, good”), from Sanskrit शुभ (śubha, “good, auspicious”).

Adjective

suba (Balinese script ᬰᬸᬪ)

1. good, auspicious

Further reading

• “suba”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈba/ [suˈba]
• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Noun

subá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜊ)

1. (Naga) joke; jest

   Synonyms: karaw, usnga

Derived terms

• magsuba
• parasuba
• subahan

See also

• abrak
• kantsaw

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Aklanon suba and Hiligaynon suba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧ba
• IPA^(key): /suˈbaʔ/ [s̪ʊˈbaʔ]

Noun

subâ (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜊ)

1. river

   Synonyms: salog, sapa

Esperanto

Etymology

sub +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuba/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uba
• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Adjective

suba (accusative singular suban, plural subaj, accusative plural subajn)

1. lower, underlying

Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from subir. Cognate with Brazilian Portuguese suba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuba/ [ˈs̺u.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Noun

suba m (plural subas)

1. rise, increase
   • c. 1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:

     Por eso non queren suba
     Na sisa nin na taberna
     E, en tanto que os demais paguen,
     Eles recachan a perna.
     E como serán sumidos
     En bebedelas, o aumento,
     Dan a sisa pol-os tragos
     E miran outros pr’o vento.

     That's why they don't want an increase
     in the surcharge nor in the tavern
     and, as long as the others pay,
     they uncover the leg [they sunbathe].
     And since they are gonna be consumed
     in binges, the augment,
     they give the surcharge for the gulps
     and others look into the wind.

Verb

suba

1. inflection of subir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “suba”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “suba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “suba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “suba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Higaonon

Noun

suba

1. river

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Cebuano suba and Surigaonon suba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈbaʔ/ [suˈbaʔ]
• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Noun

subâ

1. river

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.baʔ/

Adverb

suba

1. before, previously, earlier

Kinaray-a

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Hiligaynon suba and Cebuano suba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈbaʔ/, [suˈbaʔ]
• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Noun

subâ

1. river

Kituba

Verb

suba

1. to urinate

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cùbà.

Verb

suba

1. to urinate

Latin

Verb

subā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subō

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo suba.

Verb

-suba (infinitive kosuba)

1. to urinate

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.bɐ/

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

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

• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Etymology 1

Deverbal from subir (“to raise; to ascend”).

Noun

suba f (plural subas)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) an increase in price
   • 1963, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 4, Imprensa Nacional, page 55:

     No momento atual os fertilizantes e os inseticidas e praguicidas, elementos indispensabilíssimos ao soerguimento da agricultura nacional, estão com uma suba tal que não há telex do Banco do Brasil que possa estar a par da situação.

     In the present moment fertilisers and insecticides and pesticides, elements very indispensable to the revitalisation of national agriculture, are having such an increase in price that there is no telegraph from Banco do Brasil that can be up to par with the situation.

   • 1974, Janer Cristaldo, Uma estória obscena, Edições Casa do Livro, page 77:

     Redatores de assuntos financeiros registravam a queda das ações de algumas empresas e uma suba compensatória de outras.

     Editors of financial matters registered the decrease of some companies’ shares and a compensatory increase of others.

   • 1981, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 7, Centro de Documentação e Informação, page 141:

     […] , no segundo caso, porque essa retirada do subsídio, que ensejou uma suba de Cr$45,00 no preço do quilo da carne de primeira, provocou uma natural retração no consumo.

     […] , in the second case, because this removal of the subside, which caused a Cr$45.00 increase in the price of first-grade meat, caused a natural reduction of consumption.

   Synonyms: subida, aumento

Etymology 2

Verb

suba

1. inflection of subir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “suba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Sardinian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuba/, [suβa]

Preposition

suba

1. (Campidanese) alternative form of subra

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “súpra”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Spanish

Verb

suba

1. inflection of subir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Surigaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *subaq. Akin to Cebuano suba and Hiligaynon suba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧ba

Noun

subâ

1. river

Ternate

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Arabic?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.ba]

Verb

suba

1. (transitive) to pay homage, to praise
2. (transitive) to worship

Conjugation

Conjugation of suba

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosuba	fosuba	misuba
2nd person		nosuba	nisuba
3rd person	masculine	osuba	isuba yosuba (archaic)
	feminine	mosuba
	neuter	isuba

References

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

Wolof

Etymology

From Arabic صُبْح (ṣubḥ).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

suba (definite form suba si)

1. (early) morning
2. tomorrow