tagabas

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀabas. Compare Hanunoo tagabas and Malay terawas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈɡabas/ [t̪ɐˈɣaː.bɐs]
• Rhymes: -abas
• Syllabification: ta‧ga‧bas

Noun

tagabas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜊᜐ᜔)

1. a type of fern that can be served as a vegetable and found often near rivers or creeks (Diplazium esculentum)

   Synonyms: pako, eletso, kaliskis-ahas

Further reading

• “tagabas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taRabas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI