baluba

English

Etymology

Named after a tribe in Katanga, involved in a fatal attack on Irish United Nations peacekeepers in 1961.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəluːbə/

Noun

baluba (plural balubas)

  1. (Ireland) Unruly or wild person.

Descendants

  • → Italian: baluba
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: baluba

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlu.ba/
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lù‧ba

Noun

baluba m or f (invariable)

  1. (regional, northern Italy, derogatory) baluba

Tausug

Alternative forms

  • baruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay berubah (“to shift or to change”).

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /baluba/ [ba.lʊˈβa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ba‧lu‧ba

Verb

baluba (Sulat Sūg spelling بَلُبَ)

  1. to fade or change (in color)
  2. to be broken (especially for a agreement or promise)

Derived terms

  • bumaluba
  • magbaluba
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