sintabi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• santabi, sangtabi
• singtabi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य (kṣantavya, “to be pardoned or forgiven”). Compare Old Javanese kṣāntawya / kṣāntabya (“pardon; may I be pardoned”), Toba Batak santabi (“pardon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sinˈtabiʔ/ [sɪn̪ˈt̪aː.bɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -abiʔ
• Syllabification: sin‧ta‧bi

Noun

sintabì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜊᜒ)

1. Synonym of pasintabi

Derived terms

• pasintabi

 

Further reading

• “sintabi” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “santabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 176: “Comperdon) Singtabi (pp) I. ſangtabi, hablando on muchos”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 210