# gubat
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”). Compare Ilocano & Cebuano gubat, Isnag xubat, Maranao gobat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡuˈbat/ [ɡuˈbat]
* Hyphenation: gu‧bat

### Noun

gubát (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜆ᜔)
* (archaic) war
    Synonym: gera

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”). Compare Ilocano & Bikol Central gubat, Isnag xubat and Maranao gobat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡubat/ [ˈɡu.bɐt̪]
* Hyphenation: gu‧bat

### Noun

gúbat (Badlit spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜆ᜔)
* war

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:gubat.

#### Derived terms

* panggubatan

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡuˈbat/ [ɡuˈbat]
* Hyphenation: gu‧bat

### Noun

gubát
* war; battle; combat

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gúbat (“jungle, idle land”). Displaced by pastulan.
The sense "forest" is a semantic loan from Tagalog gubat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡubət/ [ˈɡuː.bət]
* Hyphenation: gu‧bat

### Noun

gúbat
* (obsolete) meadow
    Synonym: pastulan
* forest
    Synonym: kakeuan

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”).

### Noun

gubát
* war

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *gúbat (“jungle, idle land”). Compare Isnag xinubat, Itawit ginubat, Kapampangan gubat, Waray-Waray kagugub-an.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡubat/ [ˈɡuː.bɐt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -ubat
* Syllabification: gu‧bat
* Homophone: Gubat

#### Noun

gubat (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜆ᜔)
* woods; woodland; forest
    Synonyms: kakahuyan, kagubatan
* thick growth of bushes; thicket
    Synonyms: sukal, kasukalan

##### Derived terms

* alambrilyong-gubat
* baboy-gubat
* baligubat
* gubatan
* hayop-gubat
* kagubatan
* magubat
* manggubat
* manggugubat
* mulinsagubat
* palagubatan
* panggugubat
* sagubat
* tagagubat
* tanod-gubat
* tsaang-gubat

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *gubát (“to attack; to go to war”). Compare Ilocano gubat, Isnag xubat, Bikol Central manggubat, Cebuano gubat, Maranao gobat.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ɡuˈbat/ [ɡʊˈbat̪̚]
*** Rhymes: -at
** IPA: /ˈɡubat/ [ˈɡuː.bɐt̪̚] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: gu‧bat

#### Noun

gubát (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜆ᜔) (obsolete)
* war
    Synonyms: digmaan, gera
* destruction; raze
    Synonyms: pagkatupok, pagsira

##### Derived terms

* gubatin
* gumubat
* magubat
* makagubat
* manggubat
* nagubat

##### See also

* gunaw

### Further reading

* “gubat”, 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
* 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 71: “Arboleda) Gubat( pp) eſpeſa de montes, deſta ay mucha [en eſta] tierra, pero infructifera [aun que] de prouecho para labrar caſas”
** page 85: “Aſolar) Gubat(pp) pueblo o çiudad por guerra”
** page 430: “Monte ) Gubat (pp) de arboles y eſpeſura”
** page 533: “Robar) [Gubat] (pp) çiudad por guerra”

### Anagrams

* bugat