loob

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From Cornish lūb (“slime, sludge”), or from lubricant?

loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)

1. (mining, dialect) the clay or slime washed from tin ore in dressing

Phonetic respelling of the first syllable of lubricant.

loob (countable and uncountable, plural loobs)

1. (slang) lubricant, especially social lubricant

• BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, bool, lobo, obol

loob m (genitive singular loob, plural loobyn)

1. Alternative form of lhoob

loob

1. interior; inside

loob

1. interior; inside

From Proto-Philippine *luqub (“inside area, estuary”). Compare Ilocano luob, Pangasinan loob, Sambali loob, Kapampangan lub, Bikol Central luob, and Cebuano luob.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /loˈʔob/ [loˈʔob]
    • Rhymes: -ob
  • IPA^(key): /ˈloʔob/ [ˈlo.ʔob] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: lo‧ob

loób (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

1. inside; interior; inner part

   Synonym: interyor

2. (by extension) underside of clothing
3. will; volition; disposition

   Synonyms: kalooban, kagustuhan, kaibigan

4. courage; valor

   Synonyms: tapang, giting, lakas ng loob

5. manners; behavior

   Synonyms: asal, ugali

6. (obsolete) bowels; core; essence (used in expressions)
7. (obsolete) act of allowing something

   Magloloob ka ng gayon?

   You will allow that?

8. (obsolete) want; desire

   Synonyms: ibig, nais, gusto

   Hindi ko loob iyan.

   That is not what I want.

• “loob”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 24: “Adentro) Loob (pp) de caſa o apoſento”
  • page 65: “Apoſento) Loob (pp) o interior de la caſa”
  • page 110: “Bienhaçer) Loob (pp) a otra persona”
  • page 188: “Coraçon) Loob (pp) bueno que deçimos”
  • page 216: “Debalde) Loob (pp) dar a otro algo”
  • page 220: “Degana) Loob (pp) haçer algo”
  • page 223: “Dentro) Loob [(pp)] de apoſento, o caſa”
  • page 293: “Entrañas) Loob (pp)”
  • page 293: “Entrar) Loob (pp) en lo interior dela caſa”
  • page 295: “Enves) Loob (pp) ſies de veſtido”
  • page 328: “Gana) Loob (pp) |. coſa, tener de algo”
  • page 370: “Interior) Loob (pp) de alguna coſa”
  • page 477: “Permitir) Loob (pp) q̃ſe haga o diga algo”
  • page 507: “Querer) Loob (pp) algo”
  • page 602: “Voluntad) Loob (pp) buena o mala”