See also: SIBO

English edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Hokkien 是無是无 (sī-bô, “is not”).

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

sibo

  1. (Singapore, informal) An expression of disbelief, equivalent to Is it so?
    • 2009 December 29, GMAudition, “Gamerz Planet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[5]:
      u dun understand english sibo?
    • 2010 September 26, Ang Shi Na, “Sheena’s101”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[6]:
      Ka ni na, ask stupid question sibo?
    • 2013 August 6, “BlueOldMan, HDB Resales price”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[7]:
      You are factoring in the interest sibo?
    • 2015 May 12, May Lee, “Study stress”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[8]:
      Grin until mouth crooked sibo?

Usage notes edit

More common in spoken language than print.

Anagrams edit

Abenaki edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Algonquian *si·po·wi.

Noun edit

sibo

  1. river

Anyi edit

 
sibo (Nauclea diderrichii)

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

sibo

  1. tree species of the genus Nauclea.
    1. bilinga (Nauclea diderrichii).[1]
      Synonyms: bohia, bɔsema
    2. Nauclea pobeguinii.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses[1], London: Oxford University Press, page 692
  2. ^ Aubréville, A. (1936) La flore forestière de la Côte d’Ivoire[2] (in French), volume 3, Paris: Larose, page 265


Cebuano edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: si‧bo

Adjective edit

sibo

  1. fit; suitable; proper
  2. coincidental; happening or existing at the same time

Verb edit

sibo

  1. to coincide
  2. to fit

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Anyi sibo or Nzima sibo.[1]

Noun edit

sibo m (plural sibos)

  1. a tree of species Nauclea pobeguinii

References edit

  1. ^ Lafage, Suzanne (2002), “Le lexique français de Côte d’Ivoire : appropriation et créativité”, in Le français en Afrique[3] (in French), volume 16, 17

Nzima edit

Noun edit

sibo

  1. a tree of species (Nauclea pobeguinii)[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Aubréville, A. (1936) La flore forestière de la Côte d’Ivoire[4] (in French), volume 3, Paris: Larose, page 265

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: si‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈsibo/, [ˈsi.bo]

Noun edit

sibo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜓ)

  1. flower of the kans grass
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: si‧bo
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiboʔ/, [ˈsi.boʔ]

Noun edit

sibò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜓ)

  1. attack by a large fish on a shoal of small fish
Derived terms edit
See also edit