teybol

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tebol

Etymology

Borrowed from English table, from Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”). Doublet of tabla.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtejbol/ [ˈt̪eɪ̯.bol]
• Rhymes: -ejbol
• Syllabification: tey‧bol

Noun

teybol (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔)

1. table (item of furniture)

   Synonyms: hapag, mesa, lamesa

2. table (grid of data in rows and columns)

   Synonyms: talahanayan, tabulasyon, talaan, listahan

3. (slang) engaging a nightclub hostess at one's table for the evening and pay for her food and drinks

Derived terms

• ipateybol
• iteybol
• magteybol

 

Further reading

• “teybol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 141