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Kuba

See also: kuba, Kúba, kubā, and Küba

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch Cuba, from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈky.ba/
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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Basque edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kuba/ [ku.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

Proper noun edit

Kuba inan

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension edit

Declension of Kuba (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive Kuba
ergative Kubak
dative Kubari
genitive Kubaren
comitative Kubarekin
causative Kubarengatik
benefactive Kubarentzat
instrumental Kubaz
inessive Kuban
locative Kubako
allative Kubara
terminative Kubaraino
directive Kubarantz
destinative Kubarako
ablative Kubatik
partitive Kubarik
prolative Kubatzat

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Etymology 1 edit

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Kuba f (related adjective kubánský, demonym Kubánec, female demonym Kubánka)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean; capital: Havana)
Declension edit
Declension of Kuba (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Kuba
genitive Kuby
dative Kubě
accusative Kubu
vocative Kubo
locative Kubě
instrumental Kubou

Etymology 2 edit

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Kuba m anim

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub
Declension edit
Declension of Kuba (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative Kuba Kubové
genitive Kuby Kubů
dative Kubovi Kubům
accusative Kubu Kuby
vocative Kubo Kubové
locative Kubovi Kubech
instrumental Kubou Kuby

Further reading edit

  • Kuba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Kuba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Kuba in Internetová jazyková příručka

Faroese edit

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Kuba f or n

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (a country in the Caribbean)

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Kuba n (proper noun, genitive Kubas or (optionally with an article) Kuba)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkubɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba
  • Rhymes: -bɒ

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean; official name: Republic of Cuba)
    Synonym: (official name) Kubai Köztársaság

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Kuba —
accusative Kubát —
dative Kubának —
instrumental Kubával —
causal-final Kubáért —
translative Kubává —
terminative Kubáig —
essive-formal Kubaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Kubában —
superessive Kubán —
adessive Kubánál —
illative Kubába —
sublative Kubára —
allative Kubához —
elative Kubából —
delative Kubáról —
ablative Kubától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Kubáé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Kubáéi —
Possessive forms of Kuba
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Kubám —
2nd person sing. Kubád —
3rd person sing. Kubája —
1st person plural Kubánk —
2nd person plural Kubátok —
3rd person plural Kubájuk —

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Latgalian edit

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Latvian edit

 
Kuba
 
Kubas karogs

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Kuba f (4th declension)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Declension of Kuba (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) Kuba —
accusative (akuzatīvs) Kubu —
genitive (ģenitīvs) Kubas —
dative (datīvs) Kubai —
instrumental (instrumentālis) Kubu —
locative (lokatīvs) Kubā —
vocative (vokatīvs) Kuba —

Synonyms edit

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Lithuanian edit

 Kuba on Lithuanian Wikipedia
 
Kuba

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension edit

    declension of Kuba
nominative Kuba
genitive Kubos
dative Kubai
accusative Kubą
instrumental Kuba
locative Kuboje
vocative Kuba

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Lower Sorbian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From German Kuba, from Spanish Cuba; disputed, but likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

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Kuba f inan

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension edit

Declension of Kuba
singular (uncountable)
Nominative Kuba
Genitive Kuby
Dative Kubje
Accusative Kubu
Instrumental Kubu
Locative Kubje

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
Declension edit
Declension of Kuba
singular
nominative Kuba
genitive Kuby
dative Kubie
accusative Kubę
instrumental Kubą
locative Kubie
vocative Kubo
Derived terms edit
adjective
nouns

Etymology 2 edit

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Kuba m pers (diminutive Kubuś)

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub
Declension edit
Declension of Kuba
singular plural
nominative Kuba Kubowie/Kuby (deprecative)
genitive Kuby Kubów
dative Kubie Kubom
accusative Kubę Kubów
instrumental Kubą Kubami
locative Kubie Kubach
vocative Kubo Kubowie
Descendants edit
  • → Vilamovian: Küba

Further reading edit

  • Kuba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Samogitian edit

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kǔːba/
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

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Kúba f (Cyrillic spelling Ку́ба)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension edit

Declension of Kuba
singular
nominative Kuba
genitive Kube
dative Kubi
accusative Kubu
vocative Kubo
locative Kubi
instrumental Kubom

Slovak edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba; likely from Taíno [Term?].

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Kuba f (genitive singular Kuby, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
Declension edit
Declension of Kuba
singulare tantum
nominative Kuba
genitive Kuby
dative Kube
accusative Kubu
locative Kube
instrumental Kubou
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “Kuba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Etymology 2 edit

Proper noun edit

Kuba

  1. genitive of Kubo
  2. accusative of Kubo

Slovene edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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Kȗba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Kúba
genitive Kúbe
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Kúba
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		—
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		—
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Kúbi
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Kúbo

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Kuba

  1. Alternative spelling of Cuba

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Kuba n (genitive Kubas)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuba/, [ˈku.bɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

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Kuba (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Tetum edit

 
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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Turkmen edit

 
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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Upper Sorbian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension edit

Declension of Kuba (singular only)
Singular
Nominative Kuba
Genitive Kuby
Dative Kubje
Accusative Kubu
Instrumental Kubu
Locative Kubje
Vocative Kuba

Uzbek edit

 Kuba on Uzbek Wikipedia
Other scripts
Cyrillic Куба (Kuba)‍
Latin Kuba‍
Perso-Arabic

Proper noun edit

Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Veps edit

 
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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Yoruba edit

 
Kúbà

Etymology edit

From English Cuba.

Pronunciation edit

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Kúbà

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
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