sabsab
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Bikol Central
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sábsáb
Derived terms
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a reduplication of Hokkien 歃 (sap, “to eat (of snacks, etc. in an undignified manner)”). Compare 屑, 𢶍, or 垃圾.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sabsab
- to feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for
- to feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
Karao
[edit]Noun
[edit]sabsab
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a reduplication of Hokkien 歃 (sap, “to eat (of snacks, etc. in an undignified manner)”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).[1] Blust believes it to be from Proto-Austronesian *sabsab and unlikely from Hokkien, in view of the wider comparative picture he has collected.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sabˈsab/ [sɐbˈsab̚]
- Rhymes: -ab
- Syllabification: sab‧sab
Noun
[edit]sabsáb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊ᜔ᜐᜊ᜔)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 135
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sabsab”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Further reading
[edit]- “sabsab”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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