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You can make 13 words from peba according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of peba

peba epba pbea bpea ebpa bepa peab epab paeb apeb eapb aepb pbae bpae pabe apbe bape abpe ebap beap eabp aebp baep abep

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Definitions and meaning of peba

peba

Etymology

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

Noun

peba (plural pebas)

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

References

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

Finnish

Etymology

< pehva

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peba (slang)

1. bum, ass

Synonyms

• ahteri, pylly, perse, takapuoli, peppu

Lindu

Noun

peba

1. cat

Marshallese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peba

1. paper
2. a card

Etymology 2

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.

Alternative forms

• pepa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peba

1. a pepper (Capsicum)

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• pepa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

peba

1. pepper (Piperaceae)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Old Tupi

Etymology

From peb +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛβ̞a/

Noun

peba (possessable)

1. flatness (state of being flat)
2. flattening (act or the result of making something flat)
3. width (state of being wide)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pewa
• → Brazilian Portuguese: peba

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “peba”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 376, column 1

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi peba (“having a flattened shape”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧ba

Adjective

peba m or f (plural pebas)

1. (Northeast Brazil) having a flattened shape.

   Synonym: achatado

2. (Northeast Brazil, slang, by extension) low-quality; unimportant; worthless

   Synonym: paia

Noun

peba m (plural pebas)

1. The six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus.

   Synonym: tatupeba

2. A fish in the robalo family, Centropomus paralellus.

   Synonyms: camorim-corcunda, robalo-peva

Further reading

• “peba” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “peba” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “peba” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.