toub

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُوب (ṭūb). Compare English adobe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tub/

Noun

toub m (uncountable)

  1. (Africa) mud brick, adobe
    • 1921, Henri-René Lenormand, Le Simoun‎[1]:
      derrière vos murs en toub
      behind your brick walls

Obokuitai

Noun

toub

  1. breast

Further reading

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daub, whence also Old English dēaf, Old Norse daufr.

Adjective

toub

  1. deaf

Descendants

  • Middle High German: toup; doup, douf
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