tubigtubig

Cebuano

Etymology

Reduplication of tubig, as a reference to the fluid inside a blister. For the game, as a reference to drawing circles on the ground using water.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧big‧tu‧big

Noun

tubigtubig

1. a blister; a small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection
2. a game where an it tags people inside a large circle drawn on the ground; the it moves around by tracing the circumference of the circle while the rest can not step out of the circle