kube

kube

1. cubically

• kuba (“cubical”)
• kubo (“cube”)

From Proto-Finnic *kubëh.

kube (genitive kubeme, partitive kubet)

1. groin

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• “kube”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos), via Latin cubus (sense 1); and Latin cupa, via Middle Low German kupe (sense 2).

kube m (definite singular kuben, indefinite plural kuber, definite plural kubene)

1. (geometry) cube
2. (beekeeping) hive

• kubus (cube)
• bikube (hive)

• “kube” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos), via Latin cubus (sense 1); and Latin cupa, via Middle Low German kupe (sense 2).

kube m (definite singular kuben, indefinite plural kubar, definite plural kubane)

1. (geometry) cube
2. (beekeeping) hive

• kubus (cube)
• bikube (hive)

• “kube” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گنبد (günbed) (Turkish kümbet), from Persian گنبد (gonbad).

kùbe n (Cyrillic spelling ку̀бе)

1. little stove

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