English
superadobe
From super- + adobe.
Egyptian ḏbt ‘brick, block, ingot’
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Arabic طُوبَة ‘a brick, baked brick, adobe brick’
Andalusian Arabic طُوبَة ‘a brick, baked brick, adobe brick’
Andalusian Arabic طُوب ‘collective of طُوبَة’
Spanish adobe
English adobe
Today it means
noun A form of earthbag construction using layered long fabric tubes or bags filled with adobe.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “superadobe”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / superadobe