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Tuba
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- 1 A municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.
"Meronyms: Ansagan, Camp Four, Camp One, Camp Three, Nangalisan, Poblacion, San Pascual, Tabaan Norte, Tadiangan, Taloy Norte, Taloy Sur, Twin Peaks — barangays of Tuba"
- 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.
"One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa."
- 2 A tube or tubular organ.
"Compared with skulls of darwini, skulls of andium are smaller with shorter tooth rows (fig. 13), have less globular bullae that taper more gradually to the tubae, and a shorter, proportionately narrower rostrum with nasals usually relatively blunt behind and seldom projecting posteriorly far behind the premaxillae (pl. 11)."
- 3 A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis. uncountable
- 4 A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap. Philippines, uncountable
- 5 Abbreviation of bass tuba. abbreviation, alt-of
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- 6 the lowest brass wind instrument wordnet
- 7 A large reed stop in organs.
- 8 A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
"From the eleventh century onwards, the trumpets, which had till then been modelled on the Roman tubae with their straightforward and somewhat rough sound, began to grow longer and thinner as their bells widened."
Etymology
Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”), German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”), from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). The Latin term is of obscure ultimate origin, but is possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there.
Learned borrowing from Latin tuba.
Borrowed from Malay tuba.
Borrowed from Tagalog tuba.
Derived from Ibaloi tuva (“a method of fishing”). An old man who was living in the area used a saligo fruit to make fishes dizzy and making fishing easier. People then started calling his place "Tuva".
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