tabang

See also: tab-ang

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtabaŋ/ [ˈta.baŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bang

Noun

tábang (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. help, aid
    Synonyms: agap, ayuda, sanggawad
  2. assistance
    Synonyms: gawad, asistensiya
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(e)baŋ. Compare Cebuano tab-ang and Tagalog tabáng.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʔˈbaŋ/ [taʔˈbaŋ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bang

Noun

tàbang (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. insipidity / insipidness, blandness, tastelessness
    Synonym: labsay
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧bang
  • IPA(key): /ˈtabaŋ/ [ˈt̪a.bɐŋ]

Noun

tabang (Badlit spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. help; aid; assistance
    Synonyms: bulig, ayuda

Derived terms

Anagrams

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Verb

tabang

  1. to help

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Verb

tabang

  1. to help

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Verb

tabang

  1. to help

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)baŋ. Compare Bikol Central tabang, Cebuano tab-ang and Tausug ta'bang.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈbaŋ/ [t̪ɐˈbaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: ta‧bang

Noun

tabáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. blandness; tastelessness
    Synonyms: kawalang-lasa, huklay
  2. loss of appetite (for food)
    Synonym: kawalang-gana
  3. loss of interest in
    Synonyms: kawalang-gusto, kawalang-interes

Adjective

tabáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

  1. fresh; not salty (of freshwater)
  2. freshwater (of fish, etc.)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tabang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /tabaŋ/ [t̪aˈβaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: ta‧bang

Noun

tabang (Sulat Sūg spelling تَبَڠْ)

  1. help, aid, assistance
    Synonym: tulung

Derived terms

  • katabangan
  • magpatabang
  • magtabang
  • tabangi
  • tabangun
  • tiyabang
  • tiyatabang
  • tumabang

Interjection

tabang (Sulat Sūg spelling تَبَڠْ)

  1. help!
    Tabang! di' aku makalanguy!
    Help! I can't swim!

Yakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Noun

tabang

  1. help, aid, assistance
  2. helper