tambiyolo

Tagalog

A traditional tambiolo, used for playing jueteng

A slightly more modern tambiolo, seen here full of raffle tickets

Alternative forms

• tambyolo — nonstandard
• tambola

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish tambiolo, possibly via tambo +‎ Italian -i +‎ Italian -olo or Spanish tómbola, from Italian tombola. Compare English tambiolo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tambiˈolo/ [t̪ɐmˈbjoː.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: tam‧bi‧yo‧lo

Noun

tambiyolo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓ) (gambling)

1. tambiolo; revolving lottery drum where numbered tickets or balls are placed and drawn to get the winning numbers
   • 2000, Rey Edrozo De la Cruz, Mag Cruz Hatol, Tatlong manyika hanggang sa Pulburon, University of Michigan, →ISBN, page 180:

     Bago ang lahat, Isang, pakiikot mo ang tambiyolo at bumunot ka ng numero ng tiket.

     Before anything else, first, spin the tambiolo and pull out one of the numbered tickets.

   • 2014, Rei Lemuel Crizaldo, Boring ba ang Bible mo?, Mandaluyong: OMF Literature, →ISBN, page 37:

     Pero para sa mga normal na tao, walang kasing pait ang magpalakad-lakad sa kadiliman at tumaya sa tambiyolo ng buhay hoping na may mapuntahan at magpapatuloy sa iyo na kaibigan.

     But for normal people, it's not as easy as walking around in the dark and betting your life on a spin of a tambiolo hoping that your friends will be there to come to your aid.

   • 2018 January 17, Jamil Santos, GMA News Online:

     Mag-asawa na hikahos noon, naging milyonaryo dahil sa tambiyolo

     They were poor when they married, but now are millionaires due to tambiolos

See also

• binggo
• huweteng
• loteriya
• loto
• ruleta
• wahoy

 

Further reading

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