ubod

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubuj (“heart of palm, palm-cabbage”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧bod

Noun

ubod

1. a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees; heart of palm
2. an eel

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔːbod/
• Hyphenation: u‧bod

Noun

úbod m inan (Cyrillic spelling у́бод)

1. sting, stab, prick

Declension

Declension of ubod

	singular	plural
nominative	ubod	ubodi
genitive	uboda	uboda
dative	ubodu	ubodima
accusative	ubod	ubode
vocative	ubode	ubodi
locative	ubodu	ubodima
instrumental	ubodom	ubodima

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ubor — dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubuj (“heart of palm, palm-cabbage”). Compare Ilocano ubog, Kapampangan ubud, Aklanon ubad, Cebuano ubod, and Malay umbut. Doublet of buod.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔubod/ [ˈʔuː.bod̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ubod
• Syllabification: u‧bod

Noun

ubod (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜓᜇ᜔)

1. core; central part of certain fruits; pulp
2. (botany) pith
3. pulp (center of a tooth)
4. innermost depths

   Synonyms: kaloob-looban, kaibuturan

5. the very center

   Synonyms: gitna, kalagitnaan, sentro

6. kernel

   Synonym: buod

7. nucleus
8. the utmost; superlative

   Synonyms: sukdulan, kasukdulan

See also

• abod
• bang
• budang
• dang
• pinaka-

Further reading

• “ubod”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ubod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qubuj”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• buod