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tubigan

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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tubig +‎ -an

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tu‧bi‧gan

Noun

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tubigan

  1. a watering hole; a depression in which water collects and where animals come to drink
  2. a watery area or a body of water

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From tubig +‎ -an. The game of patintero is called as such, because one informally prepares the playing field via drawing lines on the ground (sand or soil) that look like tiny depressions on the ground reminiscent of irrigated fields on farms.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /tuˈbiɡan/ [t̪ʊˈbiː.ɣɐn̪] (“fertile land; rice paddy; body of water”, noun; “to water”, verb)
    • IPA(key): /tubiˈɡan/ [t̪ʊ.bɪˈɣan̪] (“patintero (game); water container”, noun; “aquatic, watery; fed up; water-filled”, adjective)
  • Syllabification: tu‧bi‧gan

Noun

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tubigan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. fertile irrigated land; watery land; paddy; paddy field; rice paddy
  2. a body of water (such as rivers, lakes, seas, water reservoirs, oases, watering holes)

Derived terms

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Verb

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tubigan (complete tinubigan, progressive tinutubigan, contemplative tutubigan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. to water; to add water
    Tubigan mo itong halaman bago ito mamatay.
    Water this plant before it dies.
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Noun

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tubigán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. (playground games) patintero (traditional Filipino children's game)
  2. water container

Adjective

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tubigán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. aquatic; watery
  2. Clipping of natubigan.: fed up; burned out
  3. Clipping of natubigan.: filled with water

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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