teybol

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English table, from Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”). Doublet of tabla.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtejbol/ [ˈt̪eɪ̯.bol]
  • Rhymes: -ejbol
  • Syllabification: tey‧bol

Noun

teybol (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. table (item of furniture)
    Synonyms: hapag, mesa, lamesa
  2. table (grid of data in rows and columns)
    Synonyms: talahanayan, tabulasyon, talaan, listahan
  3. (slang) engaging a nightclub hostess at one's table for the evening and pay for her food and drinks

Derived terms

  • ipateybol
  • iteybol
  • magteybol

Further reading

  • “teybol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 141
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