"Suba" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, GAY LINGO, CEBUANO
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v. /-UM-/ to go against the current, wind or the like; to go upstream.
súba = súbak.
súbà - To go up-river, go up-stream.
Nagsúbà siá kaína. A short while ago he
went up-river. Subáa ang sapâ. Follow the
brook up-stream. Kon magsúbà ka sa
lapás ang páskò dídto ka sa baláy námon
madáyon. When you travel mountainwards
after Easter Week (visit us and) stay at our
home. (cf. usá-og—to go down-river).
subâ - River, stream. (cf. sapâ, ílog).
subà n river.
() n uterine hemorrhage.
v {1} [b4] have a uter-ine hemorrhage.
Ang babáying gisubáan sa dugù namatay, The woman who had a uterine hemorrhage died.
{2} [A2] go up-stream or to the hinterland.
Kadaghánan sa mga táwung nag-puyus ubus misúbà sa panahun sa gúbat, Most of the people living along the coast went to the mountains during the war.
Walà makasúbà ang mga uwang sa pagkagámay sa túbig, As the water receded the shrimps could no longer proceed upriver.
suban-un n {1} person living near the river.
{2} the Subano, a non-Christian tribe of Western Mindanao.
a having dirty habits, like the Subanos.
And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.
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