salubong

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈluboŋ/ [sɐˈluː.boŋ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -uboŋ
  • IPA^(key): /saluˈboŋ/ [sɐ.lʊˈboŋ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧lu‧bong

Noun

salubong (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜊᜓᜅ᜔)

1. meeting along the way; encounter en route (of a person or thing in transit)

   Synonyms: pagsalubong, saluno, pagsaluno

2. advancing forward to meet someone (in welcome, military encounter, etc.)

   Synonym: pagharap

3. chance meeting along the way (of people, animals, parties, or groups going in opposite directions)

   Synonym: pagtatagpo

4. person, group, or party tasked to meet someone arriving

   Synonym: tagatanggap

5. welcome reception for someone newly arrived

   Synonym: pagsalubong

6. (figurative) meeting halfway (regarding an issue, question, etc.)

Derived terms

• di-napagsasalubungan
• ipasalubong
• isalubong
• kasalubong
• magkasalubong
• magsalubong
• makasalubong
• masalubong
• pagsalubong
• pagsalubungin
• pagsasalubong
• pasalubong
• pasalubungan
• pasalubungin
• salubungan
• salubungin
• sumalubong
• tagasalubong

 

Adjective

salubóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜊᜓᜅ᜔)

1. meeting or encountering from two opposite directions of each other (of two entities)

   Synonym: pasalubong

2. two-way (of traffic)

   salubong na trapiko ― two-way traffic

Derived terms

• kasalubong
• magkasalubong
• pasalubong

 

Further reading

• “salubong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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