tubey

English

Alternative forms

• tuby

Etymology

From tube +‎ -y.

Adjective

tubey (comparative more tubey, superlative most tubey)

1. Tube-like; similar to a tube.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈbei/ [t̪uˈβ̞ei̯]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification: tu‧bey

Noun

tubey m (plural tubeyes)

1. (baseball) two-base hit
   • 2016 January 6, Ronald Rojas, “Rebelión salada aclaró la noche de Negrín”, in El Nacional‎^[1]:

     El dominicano Samuel Gervasio intentó apaciguar la rebelión salada pero Luis Sardiñas lo recibió con un tubey impulsor de dos rayitas para que los visitantes tomaran la ventaja en el desafío.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “tubey”, 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

Wolof

Pronunciation

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Noun

tubey (definite form tubey ji)

1. loose-fitting pants

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 255