# peba
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

peba (plural pebas)
* 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

Slang form of pehva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpebɑ/, [ˈpe̞bɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ebɑ
* Hyphenation: pe‧ba

### Noun

peba (slang)
* bum, ass

#### Synonyms

* ahteri, pylly, perse, takapuoli, peppu

## Lindu
### Noun

peba
* 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: [pʲeːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [pʲe pˠɑ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /pʲejpˠæɰ/
* Bender phonemes: {pȩybah}

#### Noun

peba
* paper
* 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: [pʲeːbˠɑ], (enunciated) [pʲe pˠɑ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /pʲejpˠæɰ/
* Bender phonemes: {pȩybah}

#### Noun

peba
* a pepper (Capsicum)

### Etymology 3

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

#### Alternative forms

* pepa

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

peba
* pepper (Piperaceae)

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

## Old Tupi
### Etymology

From peb +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛβ̞a/
* Rhymes: -ɛβa
* Hyphenation: pe‧ba

### Noun

peba (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mbeba)
* flatness (state of being flat)
* flattening (act or the result of making something flat)
* 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 [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 376, column 1

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.bɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.bɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛ.ba/
* Rhymes: -ɛbɐ
* Hyphenation: pe‧ba

### Adjective

peba m or f (plural pebas)
* (Northeast Brazil) having a flattened shape.
    Synonym: achatado
* (Northeast Brazil, South Brazil, colloquial, by extension) low-quality; unimportant; worthless
    Synonym: paia

### Noun

peba m (plural pebas)
* The six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus.
    Synonym: tatupeba
* A fish in the robalo family, Centropomus paralellus.
    Synonyms: camorim-corcunda, robalo-peva

### Further reading

* “peba”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “peba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “peba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025