salakab

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /salaˈkab/ [sɐ.lɐˈxab̚]
  • Rhymes: -ab
  • Syllabification: sa‧la‧kab

Noun

salakáb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜃᜊ᜔)

  1. (fishing) basket-shaped fish trap made of split bamboo, wider at the bottom than the top (usually for catching mudfish in shallow water)
  2. (fishing) fishing with such a trap
  3. (figurative) act of obtaining facts about something from someone through tricky questions or some kind of ruse

Derived terms

  • salakaban
  • salakabin

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