tabil

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈbil/ [taˈbil̪]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bil

Noun

tabíl (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. loquacity / loquaciousness, talkativeness, gossipiness
    Synonym: daldal

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧bil

Noun

tabil

  1. cover (hiding from view)
  2. obstruction (something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally)
  3. curtain
    Synonym: kortina

Verb

tabil

  1. to cover; to hide from view

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From a conflation of Old French table and Old English tabele.

Noun

tabil

  1. alternative form of table

Etymology 2

From table (noun).

Verb

tabil

  1. alternative form of tablen

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈbil/ [t̪ɐˈbɪl]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: ta‧bil

Noun

tabíl (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. talkativeness; garrulity
    Synonyms: katabilan, daldal, kadaldalan, satsat, kasatsatan
Derived terms
  • katabilan
  • matabil
  • pagkamatabil
  • tabilan
  • tumabil

Etymology 2

Possibly from Brunei Malay tabir, from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, to get across). Compare Tausug tabil (a curtain or frill on a canopy bed frame)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtabil/ [ˈt̪aː.bɪl]
  • Rhymes: -abil
  • Syllabification: ta‧bil

Noun

tabil (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. temporary screen or curtain used to conceal something on the other side
    Synonym: tabing
Derived terms
  • tabilan