peba

See also: Peba and PEBA

English

Etymology

Compare Portuguese peba. Ultimately from Old Tupi peba (“having a flattened shape”).

Noun

peba (plural pebas)

1. An armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) found from Texas to Paraguay; the tatouhou.

References

• “peba”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Finnish

Etymology

Slang form of pehva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpebɑ/, [ˈpe̞bɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ebɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧ba

Noun

peba (slang)

1. bum, ass

Synonyms

• ahteri, pylly, perse, takapuoli, peppu

Lindu

Noun

peba

1. cat

Marshallese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English paper, from Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲeːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [pʲe pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲejpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {pȩybah}

Noun

peba

1. paper
2. a card

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pepper, from Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from West Germanic *piper, from Latin piper, from an Indo-Aryan source.

Alternative forms

• pepa

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲeːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [pʲe pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲejpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {pȩybah}

Noun

peba

1. a pepper (Capsicum)

Etymology 3

Same as Etymology 2, but pronounced differently and referring to Piperaceae.

Alternative forms

• pepa

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲɛbˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲɛpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {pebah}

Noun

peba

1. pepper (Piperaceae)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Old Tupi

Etymology

From peb +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛβ̞a/
• Rhymes: -ɛβa
• Hyphenation: pe‧ba

Noun

peba (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mbeba)

1. flatness (state of being flat)
2. flattening (act or the result of making something flat)
3. width (state of being wide)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pewa
• → Brazilian Portuguese: peba

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “peba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 376, column 1

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi peba (“having a flattened shape”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.bɐ/

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

• Rhymes: -ɛbɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧ba

Adjective

peba m or f (plural pebas)

1. (Northeast Brazil) having a flattened shape.

   Synonym: achatado

2. (Northeast Brazil, South Brazil, colloquial, by extension) low-quality; unimportant; worthless

   Synonym: paia

Noun

peba m (plural pebas)

1. The six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus.

   Synonym: tatupeba

2. A fish in the robalo family, Centropomus paralellus.

   Synonyms: camorim-corcunda, robalo-peva

Further reading

• “peba”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “peba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “peba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025