אבוב

Aramaic

Noun

אַבּוּב, אַבּוּבָא • (transliteration needed) ?

1. reed, flute
2. pipe, tube

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)

Etymology

Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, “flute”), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, “pipe, tube”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈbuv/

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Noun

אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב • (abúv or ibúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

1. reed, flute
2. pipe, tube
3. (modern, אַבּוּב only) oboe
4. the inner rubber tube inside each one of a car’s tires
5. a kind of buoy on which people sit, used for fun in water sports

Derived terms

• אַבּוּבָן ('abuvan)
• שֶׁנַּבּוּב (shenabúv)

References

• “אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• אבוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he