kurba

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curva.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kur‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾba/ [ˈkuɾ.ba]

Noun

kúrba (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜍ᜔ᜊ)

1. curve, bend
2. swerve, veer, turn

   Synonyms: siko, suki, liko

Derived terms

• magkurba

 

Related terms

• kurbada
• kurbado

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curva.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kur‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾba/ [ˈkuɾ̪.bɐ]

Noun

kúrba (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜊ)

1. curve

Related terms

• kurbada

 

Esperanto

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Adjective

kurba (accusative singular kurban, plural kurbaj, accusative plural kurbajn)

1. curved, bent

Estonian

Adjective

kurba

1. partitive singular of kurb
2. illative singular of kurb

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈba/ [kuɾˈba]
• Hyphenation: kur‧bá

Noun

kurbá

1. curve

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curva.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kur‧ba

Noun

kurba

1. curve

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kȗrva

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Noun

kȗrba f (Cyrillic spelling ку̑рба)

1. (vulgar, regional, Croatia) whore, prostitute
2. (vulgar, regional, Croatia) bitch, slut

Slovene

Alternative forms

• kȗrva (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kùry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kúːrba/

Noun

kȗrba f

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
2. (vulgar) bitch, slut

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kúrba
gen. sing.	kúrbe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kúrba	kúrbi	kúrbe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kúrbe	kúrb	kúrb
dative (dajȃlnik)	kúrbi	kúrbama	kúrbam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kúrbo	kúrbi	kúrbe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kúrbi	kúrbah	kúrbah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kúrbo	kúrbama	kúrbami

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curva.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈba/ [kʊɾˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kur‧ba

Noun

kurbá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜊ)

1. curve; turn; bend

   Synonyms: baluktot, balikuko

2. act of changing direction; turning to one side (in driving)

   Synonyms: liko, pagliko

Derived terms

• kakurbahan
• kumurba
• kurbahin
• pagkurba

 

Related terms

• kurbada

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• burak, kubra

Yogad

Etymology

From Spanish curva (“curve”).

Noun

kurba

1. curve