subo

• IPA^(key): /suˈboʔ/ [s̪ʊˈboʔ]
• Hyphenation: su‧bo

subô (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)

1. sad

• Hyphenation: su‧bo
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuboʔ/ [ˈsu.boʔ]

subò

1. manner of stuffing something into the mouth

   Synonyms: umom, hungit

• Hyphenation: su‧bo
• IPA^(key): /suˈbo/ [suˈbo]

subó

1. suds, lather, foam

   Synonym: sabo

From sub +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsubo/
• Rhymes: -ubo
• Syllabification: su‧bo

subo (accusative singular subon, plural suboj, accusative plural subojn)

1. bottom, lower part

• fundo
• malsupro

• suba

subo

1. first-person singular present indicative of subir

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʊ.boː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.bo]

subō (present infinitive subāre, perfect active subāvī, supine subātum); first conjugation

1. to be on heat

• “subo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “subo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

subo

1. first-person singular present indicative of subir

subo

1. first-person singular present indicative of subir

From Proto-Philippine *súbuq (“put something into or through an opening”). Compare Ilocano subo, Kapampangan subu, and Central Bikol subo. Alternatively, from Hokkien 嘴末 (chhùi-boa̍h) according to Manuel (1948).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsuboʔ/ [ˈsuː.boʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -uboʔ
  • IPA^(key): /suˈboʔ/ [sʊˈboʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: su‧bo

subò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)

1. amount of food taken into the mouth at a time; bite; mouthful
2. putting of food into one's mouth
3. (figurative) reluctant involvement (into an affair or act of responsibility)

   Synonyms: pagsubo, pagkapasubo, lulong, paglulong, pagkapalulong

• sakol

subô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)

1. (figurative) inserted too deep

   Synonym: pasok

2. (figurative) daringly bold

   Synonyms: pangahas, sagasa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *səbuS (“douse a fire, extinguish a fire with water; to hiss, as water on fire”). Compare Ibatan asbo, Ilocano subbo, Kapampangan asbu, Central Bikol sabo / subo, Aklanon suebo, Cebuano subo, Hiligaynon subo, Maranao sebo, and Malay sebu.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈbo/ [sʊˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: su‧bo

subó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜓ)

1. seething (of boiling water or liquid)

   Synonyms: sulak, pagsulak

2. tempering of metal (by immersing in water after heating it red)

   Synonyms: pagsusubo, pagkasubo

3. (figurative) violent agitation; sudden fit of anger

• “subo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “subo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*súbuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sebuS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 86

• ubos, suob