kalabera

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calavera (skull).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧be‧ra
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbeɾa/, [ka.l̪aˈbe.ɾa]

Noun

kalabera

  1. (anatomy) skeleton
    Synonym: bungo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calavera (skull), from Latin calvaria, from calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós (bald) which contains the suffix *-wós (whence Latin -vus), from *kl̥H- (naked, bald).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧be‧ra
  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbeɾa/, [kʌ.l̪ʌˈbi.ɾ̪ʌ]

Noun

kalabera

  1. skeleton
  2. (dated) skull
  3. (folklore) undead skeleton
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