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lobo

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See also: Lobo and lôbo

English

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Alternative forms

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  • loafer (see that entry for more)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”). Doublet of lupus and wolf.

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Noun

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lobo (plural lobos)

  1. (Southwestern US dialects) A wolf.
    • 1983, David Earl Brown, The Wolf in the Southwest: the making of an endangered species:
      We used to pay a $20.00 bounty a head on lobos for a good many years, but stopped it because it was abused. Lobo scalps from Arizona, [...]
    • 2001, Joseph A. West, Johnny Blue and the Hanging Judge, page 43:
      "That may be so," Donnelly allowed, "but there desperate men around these parts, especially wolfers who have been collecting bounties for lobo scalps since the big snows of the Hard Winter."

Usage notes

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  • Often used in compound with "wolf": "lobo wolf".

Anagrams

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlobo/ [ˈl̪o.bo]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧bo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish lobo.

Noun

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lóbo (Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. wolf

Etymology 2

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Noun

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lóbo (Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of globo

Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology

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From Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlobo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Hyphenation: lo‧bo

Noun

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lobo (accusative singular lobon, plural loboj, accusative plural lobojn)

  1. (biology) lobe

Derived terms

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Estado de México Otomi

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Etymology

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From Spanish lobo, from Old Spanish lobo, from Latin lupus.

Noun

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lobo

  1. wolf
    • 1975, Estado de México Otomi New Testament:
      Nu car ttömödi, ca jí̱ ʉ́r jmu̱ cʉ dɛjti, bbʉ ga jianti ya xpa e̱h car lobo, i jɛjti cʉ dɛjti, i ddajtjo. Car lobo ya, ba fonti cʉ dɛjti cja̱ ba tzʉh cʉ ddaa.
      But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus. Compare Portuguese and Spanish lobo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlobo/ [ˈlo.β̞ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Hyphenation: lo‧bo

Noun

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lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

  1. wolf

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References

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Interlingua

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Noun

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lobo (plural lobos)

  1. lobe

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbo
  • Hyphenation: lò‧bo

Noun

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lobo m (plural lobi)

  1. (anatomy, botany, architecture) lobe

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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lobō

  1. dative/ablative singular of lobus

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Noun

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lobo m (plural lobos)

  1. wolf

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Galician: lobo
  • Portuguese: lobo

Further reading

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin lupus.

Noun

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lobo

  1. wolf
    • c. 1260, Alfonso X, Livro de las legies:
      E con esta se asman las cosas natural- mientre quales son amigas o enemigas, magar no fuessen prouadas por assi cuemo el cordero que connosce al lobo por su enemigo, magar nunqua lo aya uisto.
      And with this things are naturally known as to whether they are friends or enemies, so that they are not tested like the lamb that meets the wolf for his enemy although he has never seen him.

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Um lobo.

Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus (“wolf”), from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Galician and Spanish lobo. Doublet of lúpus, a borrowing.

    Alternative forms

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    • lôbo (pre-reform spelling)

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    Noun

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    lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

    1. wolf (a wild canid)
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    Etymology 2

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      Learned borrowing from New Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “earlobe”).

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      • Hyphenation: lo‧bo

      Noun

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      lobo m (plural lobos)

      1. (anatomy) lobe (division of the brain)
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      Southern Ndebele

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      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronoun

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      lobo

      1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.

      Spanish

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      Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia es
      Un lobo.

      Etymology

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      Inherited from Latin lupus, which was borrowed from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lupus and Lope, the former a learned borrowing from Latin, the latter a proper name borrowed via Basque. Romance cognates include French loup, Italian lupo, Galician and Portuguese lobo, Romanian lup.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

      1. wolf
      2. (Spain, dated) drunkenness
        Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

      Hyponyms

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      Descendants

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      Swazi

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      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronoun

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      lobo

      1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.

      Tagalog

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      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Spanish lobo.

      Noun

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      lobo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜓ)

      1. wolf
        Coordinate term: loba
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      Etymology 2

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      Borrowed from Spanish globo with apheresis, from Latin globus. Doublet of globo.

      Noun

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      lobo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜓ)

      1. balloon
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      Further reading

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      • “lobo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

      Anagrams

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      Zulu

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      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

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      Pronoun

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      lobo

      1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.

      Inflection

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      Stem -lóbo (locative kulobo)
      full form lóbo
      locative kulobo
      copulative yilobo
      Possessive forms
      modifier substantive
      class 1 walobo owalobo
      class 2 balobo abalobo
      class 3 walobo owalobo
      class 4 yalobo eyalobo
      class 5 lalobo elalobo
      class 6 alobo awalobo
      class 7 salobo esalobo
      class 8 zalobo ezalobo
      class 9 yalobo eyalobo
      class 10 zalobo ezalobo
      class 11 lwalobo olwalobo
      class 14 balobo obalobo
      class 15 kwalobo okwalobo
      class 17 kwalobo okwalobo

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