tuba

Meanings

1. A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
2. A large reed stop in organs.

1. A tube or tubular organ.
2. A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.

1. A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

1. A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.

1. Abbreviation of bass tuba.

1. A municipality of Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”), German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”), from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). The Latin term is of obscure ultimate origin, but is possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there.