salakab
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Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /salaˈkab/ [sɐ.lɐˈxab]
- Rhymes: -ab
- Syllabification: sa‧la‧kab
Noun
[edit]salakáb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜃᜊ᜔)
- (fishing) basket-shaped fish trap made of split bamboo, wider at the bottom than the top (usually for catching mudfish in shallow water)
- (fishing) fishing with such a trap
- (figurative) act of obtaining facts about something from someone through tricky questions or some kind of ruse