tiba

tiba

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

tiba o (plural tibaaji) (Pulaar)

1. roof
2. one-room house

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Inherited from Malay tiba.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiba/ [ˈt̪i.ba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ti‧ba

tiba (intransitive)

1. synonym of datang (“to arrive; to come”)

• “tiba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Old Javanese tiba.

tiba

1. to fall

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• IPA^(key): /tiba/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [ti.bə]

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  • (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): [ti.ba]

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• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ti‧ba

tiba (Jawi spelling تيبا)

1. To arrive:
   1. To reach (a place).

      Synonyms: sampai, datang

      Kami tiba di stesen pada waktu tengah hari.

      We arrived at the station at noon.

   2. To come (of time).

      Musim tengkujuh sudah tiba.

      The rainy season has arrived.

      Sudah tiba masanya untuk revolusi.

      The time has come for revolution.

• Indonesian: tiba

• "tiba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

tiba

1. to fall

Borrowed from Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb, “medicine”).^[1]

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tiba class IX (plural tiba class X)

1. medical treatment

• -tibu (“to treat, cure, heal”)

From Proto-Philippine *tebáq (“to cut down a stalk of bananas”). Compare Ibatan atba, Ilocano tebba, Pangasinan teba, Sambali teba, Hanunoo tuba, Central Bikol taba, Cebuano tuba, Maranao teba', and Western Bukidnon Manobo teva. Unrelated to Javanese ꦠꦶꦧ (tiba).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɪˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧ba

tibâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊ)

1. cutting down of a banana trunk (or any palm tree), and cutting off of the bunch for harvest
2. (figurative) acquisition of a big gain in a business deal or transaction

tibâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊ)

1. already harvested (of a bunch of bananas)
2. (figurative) gained a large amount

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtibaʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.bɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ibaʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧ba

tibà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊ) (obsolete)

1. assessment or estimation by eye; rough estimate

   Synonyms: tantiya, taya, tasa

   Magkano'ng tiba mo dito sa palay na ito?

   How much is your estimate for this rice?

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈba/ [t̪ɪˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ti‧ba

tibá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜊ)

1. act of tempering or curing an earthen pot, jar, or other vessel to prevent it from cracking or bursting before pouring liquor

• “tiba”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tiba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ba]

tiba

1. (transitive) to think over, contemplate

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