tuba

See also: Tuba, túba, and tuba'

English

A tuba.

Etymology 1

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”), first borrowed as a historic term in the 18th century. The name of the modern instrument was borrowed in the 19th century from German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), from the same Latin source. The Latin term is of obscure ultimate origin, but is possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”), see there.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuː.bə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -uːbə

Noun

tuba (plural tubas)

1. A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
   • 1990, Thomas D. Rossing, The Science of Sound, page 230:

     One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.

2. A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
3. A large reed stop in organs.

Noun

tuba (plural tubas or tubae)

1. (anatomy) A tube or tubular organ.

Synonyms

• grunt-horn

Derived terms

• cumulonimbus tuba
• sax tuba
• tubaist
• tubalike
• tubist
• Wagner tuba
• war tuba

 

Translations

a large brass musical instrument

• Bulgarian: туба f (tuba)
• Catalan: tuba (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大號 / 大号 (zh) (dàhào)

• Czech: tuba (cs) f
• Dutch: tuba (nl) m
• Esperanto: tubjo
• Estonian: tuuba
• Finnish: tuuba (fi)
• French: tuba (fr) m
• Galician: tuba (gl) f
• German: Tuba (de) f
• Hawaiian: pū leo uō
• Hungarian: tuba (hu)
• Icelandic: túba f
• Indonesian: tuba (id)
• Irish: tiúba m
• Italian: tuba (it) f
• Japanese: チューバ (ja) (chūba)
• Korean: 튜바 (tyuba)
• Lithuanian: tūba
• Maori: pūnguru
• Marathi: टूबा (ṭūbā)
• Polish: tuba (pl) f
• Portuguese: tuba (pt) f
• Russian: ту́ба (ru) f (túba)
• Slovene: tuba f
• Spanish: tuba f
• Swahili: tuba
• Volapük: tubat
• Welsh: tiwba
• Yoruba: túbà

See also

• euphonium, sousaphone
• tube
• tubular
• corno basso (keyed bass horn)
• bombardon
• ophicleide
• valve-ophicleide
• bucina
• cornu

Further reading

• “tuba”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• tuba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Roman tuba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay tuba.

Noun

tuba (uncountable)

1. A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Further reading

• Derris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Derris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Derris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 3

From Cebuano tuba.

Noun

tuba (plural tubas)

1. A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.

Anagrams

• Batu, Taub, abut, batu, buat, buta, tabu

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuba. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧bâ
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /tʊˈbaʔ/

Noun

tubâ

1. a reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap

See also

• bahal
• bahalina

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧ba
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /tʊˈba/

Verb

tuba

1. to cut down
2. to harvest banana fruits

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tuba.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuba]

Noun

tuba f

1. tube (a cylindrical container)
2. tuba (a large brass musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of tuba (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tuby
genitive	tuby	tub
dative	tubě	tubám
accusative	tubu	tuby
vocative	tubo	tuby
locative	tubě	tubách
instrumental	tubou	tubami

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tupa, from Proto-Germanic *stubō. Cognate to Livonian tubā, Finnish tupa, Icelandic stofa, German Stube, Swedish stuga.

Noun

tuba (genitive toa, partitive tuba)

1. room, chamber

Declension

Declension of tuba (ÕS type 18e/tuba, b-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tuba	toad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	toa
genitive			tubade
partitive		tuba	tube tubasid
illative		tuppa toasse	tubadesse
inessive		toas	tubades
elative		toast	tubadest
allative		toale	tubadele
adessive		toal	tubadel
ablative		toalt	tubadelt
translative		toaks	tubadeks
terminative		toani	tubadeni
essive		toana	tubadena
abessive		toata	tubadeta
comitative		toaga	tubadega

Derived terms

• elutuba
• hotellituba
• klassituba
• lastetuba
• magamistuba
• söögituba
• tagatuba
• töötuba
• vannituba

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.ba/

• Audio:

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Noun

tuba m (plural tubas)

1. tuba
2. snorkel

Further reading

• “tuba”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• buta

Galician

Noun

tuba f (plural tubas)

1. tuba

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtubɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tu‧ba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

Noun

tuba (plural tubák)

1. (music) tuba

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tubák
accusative	tubát	tubákat
dative	tubának	tubáknak
instrumental	tubával	tubákkal
causal-final	tubáért	tubákért
translative	tubává	tubákká
terminative	tubáig	tubákig
essive-formal	tubaként	tubákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tubában	tubákban
superessive	tubán	tubákon
adessive	tubánál	tubáknál
illative	tubába	tubákba
sublative	tubára	tubákra
allative	tubához	tubákhoz
elative	tubából	tubákból
delative	tubáról	tubákról
ablative	tubától	tubáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tubáé	tubáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tubáéi	tubákéi

Possessive forms of tuba
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tubám	tubáim
2nd person sing.	tubád	tubáid
3rd person sing.	tubája	tubái
1st person plural	tubánk	tubáink
2nd person plural	tubátok	tubáitok
3rd person plural	tubájuk	tubáik

Further reading

• ([music] tuba): tuba in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ([folksy] dove; darling): tuba in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• tuba in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuba/
• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: tu‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tuba, from Classical Malay توبا (tuba), from Old Malay [script needed] (tūva), from Proto-Malayic *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”).

Noun

tuba (plural tuba-tuba)

1. poison

   Hypernym: racun

2. a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Derived terms

• menuba
• menubai

 

• tuba tikus

 

Etymology 2

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).

Noun

tuba (plural tuba-tuba)

1. tube

   Synonyms: saluran, tabung, tube

   Synonym: tiub (Standard Malay)

2. (music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.

Related terms

• tubular

 

Further reading

• “tuba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/
• Rhymes: -uba
• Hyphenation: tù‧ba

Etymology 1

From Latin tuba.

Noun

tuba f (plural tube)

1. (music) tuba
2. top hat

   Synonym: cilindro

3. (anatomy) tube

   Synonym: tuba di Falloppio

Derived terms

• tubarico

Derived terms

• tuba bassa
• tuba contrabbassa
• tuba tenore
• tuba grave
• tuba wagneriana

See also

• elicone
• sousaphone
• bombardone
• euphonium

Etymology 2

Verb

tuba

1. inflection of tubare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• tuba¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• tabù

Kituba

Verb

tuba

1. to say

Latin

Etymology

Possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”) with similarities in meaning and form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/, [ˈt̪ʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/, [ˈt̪uːbä]

Noun

tuba f (genitive tubae); first declension

1. (literally, music) long trumpet over 1 meter in length, especially war-trumpet
2. (transferred sense)
   1. signal for war, war
   2. loud sound
      1. sonorous, elevated epic poetry
      2. lofty style of speaking
3. (figurative) exciter, author, instigator

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tubae
genitive	tubae	tubārum
dative	tubae	tubīs
accusative	tubam	tubās
ablative	tubā	tubīs
vocative	tuba	tubae

Derived terms

• tūbārius
• tubicen
• tubilustrium
• tubula
• tubus

Descendants

Descendants

• → English: tuba
• → French: tuba
• → Galician: tuba
• → Italian: tuba
• → Russian: ту́ба (túba)

Further reading

• “tuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tuba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the bugle, trumpet sounds before the general's tent: classicum or tuba canit ad praetorium
    
• “tuba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tuba”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Michiel de Vaan (2008) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden: Brill

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) tubā

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tupa. Related to Finnish tupa.

Noun

tuba

1. (a small) house

Malay

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tūva),

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuba/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈtuba], [ˈtubə]
• Rhymes: -uba, -ba, -a

Noun

tuba (Jawi spelling توبا, plural tuba-tuba, informal 1st possessive tubaku, 2nd possessive tubamu, 3rd possessive tubanya)

1. (fishing) fish poison made from plant roots

   Hypernym: racun

2. a Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penuba [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penubaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menuba [agent focus] (meN-)
• menubai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• dituba [patient focus] (di-)
• ditubai [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• tuba tikus

Descendants

• Indonesian: tuba
• → English: tuba

Etymology 2

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”), via English tuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuba/
• Rhymes: -uba, -ba, -a

Noun

tuba (plural duplication, informal 1st possessive tubaku, 2nd possessive tubamu, 3rd possessive tubanya)

1. (music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.

Further reading

• “tuba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.ba/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba f (diminutive tubka)

1. tube (cylindrical container)
2. tuba (large brass musical instrument)
3. tube scarf (shawl in which the ends are stitched together, interposed several times around the neck when put on in order to surround this part of the body with a thick and high layer of knitted or woven fabric to protect against the cold)

   Synonym: komin

   Hypernym: szal

Declension

Declension of tuba

	singular	plural
nominative	tuba	tuby
genitive	tuby	tub
dative	tubie	tubom
accusative	tubę	tuby
instrumental	tubą	tubami
locative	tubie	tubach
vocative	tubo	tuby

Further reading

• tuba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tuba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tuba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.bɐ/ [ˈtu.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ubɐ
• Hyphenation: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba f (plural tubas)

1. (music) tuba (a large brass musical instrument)

Spanish

Etymology

From Tagalog tuba or Cebuano tuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuba/ [ˈt̪u.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba f (uncountable)

1. (Mexico, Philippines) coconut wine made from sweet coconut sap

Further reading

• “tuba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈbaʔ/ [t̪ʊˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tu‧ba

Noun

tubâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊ)

1. tubâ (Filipino alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees)

Derived terms

• tubaan

See also

• lambanog

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah (“Derris elliptica”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtuba/ [ˈt̪uː.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: tu‧ba

Noun

tuba (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊ)

1. purging croton (a kind of croton plant the seeds of which is used to make croton oil)
2. croton oil
3. fish poison made from this plant
4. act of poisoning fish (with such a poison)

   Synonym: pagtuba

Derived terms

• pagtuba
• tubahin

 

Anagrams

• utab

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.ba]

Verb

tuba

1. (stative) to be piled

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuba
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totuba	fotuba	mituba
2nd	notuba	nituba
3rd	Masculine	otuba	ituba, yotuba†
Feminine	motuba
Neuter	ituba
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh