kalbo

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalbo/ [ˈkal̪.bo]
• IPA^(key): /kalˈbo/ [kal̪ˈbo]
• Hyphenation: kal‧bo

Adjective

kálbo or kalbó (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. bald

   Synonyms: pangas, upaw

Derived terms

• kalbohon
• magkalbo
• makakalbo
• makalbo
• pakalbo

 

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kalbo

1. mullet fish

Gothic

Romanization

kalbō

1. Romanization of 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish calvo (“bald”) with a stress shift due to having a closed penultimate syllable, from Latin calvus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalˈbo/ [kɐlˈbo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: kal‧bo

Adjective

kalbó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. bald; bald-headed

   Synonym: upaw

2. (figurative) devoid of trees; cleared (of a mountain or a forest)

Derived terms

• ipakalbo
• kalbuhin
• kumalbo
• magpakalbo
• makalbo
• semi-kalbo

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkalboʔ/ [ˈkal.boʔ]
• Rhymes: -alboʔ
• Syllabification: kal‧bo

Adjective

kalbò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. carried by the wind

Derived terms

• kalbuan
• kalbuin
• mangalbo

 

See also

• galbo
• tangay

 

Further reading

• “kalbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• bakol, klabo, bokal

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal̪.bo/

Noun

kalbo

1. a butterfly

   Synonym: beebom

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics