tubaist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *tubah

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah

Proto-Malayic *tuba

Malay tubabor.

English tuba

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English tubaist

From tuba + -ist.

Noun

tubaist (plural tubaists)

1. someone who plays the tuba

   Synonym: tubist

Translations

one who plays the tuba

• German: Tubist (de) m, Tubistin (de) f
• Macedonian: тубист m (tubist), тубистка f (tubistka)
• Polish: tubista (pl) m
• Spanish: tubista m or f
• Swedish: tubaist (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) tubatan, (♂) hitubatan, (♀) jitubatan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tubaiste, from Middle English tempest (“tempest, commotion”), from Old French tempeste (“storm”), from Latin tempestās. Cognate with Irish tubaiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰupɪʃtʲ/

Noun

tubaist f (genitive singular tubaiste, plural tubaistean)

1. accident

   Synonym: tuiteamas

2. mishap

   Synonyms: contrachd, deiseag-thubaist, driodairt, droch-fhortan, mì-fhortan, mì-sheun, pudhar, sgiorradh, teirmeasg, turrag

Mutation

Mutation of tubaist

radical	lenition
tubaist	thubaist

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tubaist(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From tuba +‎ -ist.

Noun

tubaist c

1. a tubaist (performer of the tuba)

Declension

Declension of tubaist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tubaist	tubaists
	definite	tubaisten	tubaistens
plural	indefinite	tubaister	tubaisters
	definite	tubaisterna	tubaisternas