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A municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.
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noun
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.
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noun
A large reed stop in organs.
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noun
A tube or tubular organ.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
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noun
A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.
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Usage: Philippines, uncountable
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noun
Abbreviation of bass tuba.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
the lowest brass wind instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bass horn, sousaphone
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Broader terms: bass, brass, brass instrument
Narrower terms: euphonium, helicon, bombardon
History
Borrowed from Ibaloi Tuba. See that for more info.
Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”), German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”), 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.
Learned borrowing from Latin tuba.
Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *tubah Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah Proto-Malayic *tuba Malay tubabor. English tuba Borrowed from Malay tuba.
Borrowed from Tagalog tuba.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
