toba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "toba"

Japanese

Romanization

toba

1. Rōmaji transcription of とば

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.bɐ/

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

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

• Rhymes: -ɔbɐ
• Hyphenation: to‧ba
• Homophone: Toba

Noun

toba m (plural tobas)

1. (Brazil, slang) arsehole (the anus)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ânus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoba/ [ˈt̪o.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: to‧ba

Noun

toba f (plural tobas)

1. (geology) tuff

   Synonym: tufo

2. (geology) tufa

Further reading

• “toba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

toba (n class, plural toba)

1. repentance

Related terms

• kitubio (“repentance”)
• -tubu (“to repent”)

References

• Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49 Nr. 396

Tetum

Verb

toba

1. to lie down
2. to sleep