kub

See also: KUB

Albanian

Noun

kub m

  1. (geometry) cube
  2. (mathematics) a third power of a number or expression

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kub”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “kub”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980

Meriam

Noun

kub

  1. a type of tree

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːb

Noun

kub c

  1. (geometry) cube; polyhedron with six identical, square faces
  2. a roughly cube-shaped object
  3. (mathematics) a third power of a number or expression

Declension

Declension of kub 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kub kuben kuber kuberna
Genitive kubs kubens kubers kubernas

Synonyms

  • (cube-shaped object): tärning
  • (third power): tredjepotens

See also

References

Anagrams

White Hmong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku˥/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *kjeəm (gold), borrowed from Old Chinese (OC *krɯm, “gold, metal”).[1][2]

Noun

kub

  1. gold
    Nws muaj nyiaj muaj kub ntau ntau.He has plenty of silver and gold.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *klɛɔŋ (horn). Cognate with Iu Mien jorng.[1]

Noun

kub (classifier: tus (singular), txwm (plural))

  1. horn (of an animal)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *k(h)lɛɔm (hot (water)). Cognate with Iu Mien jorm.[1]

Adjective

kub

  1. hot, warm
    hluav taws kuba hot fire
  2. used figuratively to describe earnestness, "hot-hearted"
Derived terms

Verb

kub

  1. to be burned or scalded
    kub hnyiab lawmburned
    Nws lub tsev kub hnyiab tag lawm.His house burned completely.
    kub hlab lawmscalded
See also

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 88.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 275.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25

Zaniza Zapotec

Adjective

kub

  1. new
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