Lobu
After the 1991 Pinatubo eruption, a tourism project was initiated to uplift Pampanga and eventually became a Kapampángan symbol of soaring above the ashes and overcoming the greatest disaster that Kapampángans have ever seen.
LOBU • (LOH-boo)
balloon
Tagálog (Filipino): lóbo
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Etymology
From Spanish globo (“balloon”)
Verb conjugation
lumóbu, lólóbu, línóbu – to balloon; to steeply grow or increase; to swell or distend (actor focus)
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