sabong

• Hyphenation: sa‧bong
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaboŋ/ [ˈs̪a.boŋ]

sabong

1. a contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs; a cockfight; cockfighting
2. (euphemistic) sexual intercourse

sabong

1. to pair off or pair up to fight

• (cockfighting): bulang, buwang, derbi, tigbakay

• kristo
• bulangan, buwang, sabongan, tigbakayan

Cognates with Yami savong and Ivatan savusavung.

sabong

1. flower

sabong

1. flower

sabong

1. petal

sabong

1. flower

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”). Compare Malay sabung.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsaboŋ/ [ˈsaː.boŋ]
• Rhymes: -aboŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧bong

sabong (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓᜅ᜔)

1. cockfight
2. attack of a cock against another

   Synonyms: salpok, pagsalpok

• “sabong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Malay sabun, likely through North Moluccan Malay, from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn) or Portuguese sabão, both ultimately from Latin sapō.

• IPA^(key): /sa.ˈboŋ/

sabong

1. soap

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh