lubi-lubi

Bikol Central

Noun

lubi-lubi

1. (botany) Philippine fig (Ficus pseudopalma)

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Cebuano lubilubi or another Visayan language (cf. Cebuano lubi (“coconut”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˌbi luˈbi/ [lʊˌbi lʊˈbi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: lu‧bi-lu‧bi

Noun

lubí-lubí (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒ)

1. (botany) sagisi palm (Heterospathe spp.)
2. (botany) little tree plant (Biophytum sensitivum)

   Synonyms: makahiya, damong-bingkalat, makahiyang-lalaki, gama-gamatisan

3. (botany) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
4. a Waray folk song used as a mnemonic for the months of the year

References

• “lubi-lubi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Merrill, Elmer Drew (1903) A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands‎^[1]