kalabera

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish calavera (skull).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧be‧ra
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbeɾa/ [ka.l̪aˈbe.ɾa]

Noun

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kalabera

  1. (anatomy) skeleton
    Synonym: bungo

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish calavera (skull), from Latin calvaria, from calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós (bald) which contains the suffix *-wós (whence Latin -vus), from *kl̥H- (naked, bald).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧be‧ra
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbeɾa/ [kɐ.l̪ɐˈbi.ɾ̪ɐ]

Noun

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kalabera

  1. skeleton
  2. (dated) skull
  3. (folklore) undead skeleton