peba

Compare Portuguese peba. Ultimately from Old Tupi peba (“having a flattened shape”).

peba (plural pebas)

1. An armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) found from Texas to Paraguay; the tatouhou.

• “peba”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

< pehva

• IPA^(key): /ˈpebɑ/, [ˈpe̞bɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ebɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧ba

peba (slang)

1. bum, ass

• ahteri, pylly, perse, takapuoli, peppu

peba

1. cat

Borrowed from English paper, from Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲeːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [pʲe pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲejpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {pȩybah}

peba

1. paper
2. a card

Borrowed from English pepper, from Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from West Germanic *piper, from Latin piper, from an Indo-Aryan source.

• pepa

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲeːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [pʲe pˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲejpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {pȩybah}

peba

1. a pepper (Capsicum)

Same as Etymology 2, but pronounced differently and referring to Piperaceae.

• pepa

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲɛbˠɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲɛpˠæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {pebah}

peba

1. pepper (Piperaceae)

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛβ̞a/

peba

1. having a flattened shape.

• Barbosa, A. Lemos; 1956; Curso de Tupi Antigo; Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José.