sibsib

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• sabsab

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sib‧sib

Verb

sibsib

1. to feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for
2. to feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *səbsəb (“to fall forward”), according to Blust (2010–). Compare Agutaynen sebseb, Bikol Central subsob, Aklanon subsub, and Mansaka sobsob. See also subsob.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sibˈsib/ [sɪbˈsib̚]
• Rhymes: -ib
• Syllabification: sib‧sib

Noun

sibsíb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜊ᜔)

1. late sunset

   Synonyms: silim, pagsilim

2. gradual disappearance of the sinking sun in the horizon

   Synonyms: lubog, paglubog

3. sipping of the last drop of liquid food on a container by animals

Derived terms

• sibsibin

Adjective

sibsíb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜊ᜔)

1. set; sunken (of the sun on the horizon)

Related terms

• sibasib
• subasob
• subsob

 

Further reading

• “sibsib”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “sibsib”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sebseb”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI