sabong

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧bong
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaboŋ/

Noun

sabong

  1. a contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs; a cockfight; cockfighting
  2. (euphemistic) sexual intercourse

Verb

sabong

  1. to pair off or pair up to fight

Synonyms

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognates with Yami savong and Ivatan savusavung.

Noun

sabong

  1. flower

Ilocano

Noun

sabong

  1. flower

Limos Kalinga

Noun

sabong

  1. petal

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

sabong

  1. flower

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”). Compare Malay sabung.

Pronunciation

Noun

sabong (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. cockfight
  2. attack of a cock against another
    Synonyms: salpok, pagsalpok

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay sabun, likely through North Moluccan Malay, from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn) or Portuguese sabão, both ultimately from Latin sapō.

Pronunciation

Noun

sabong

  1. soap

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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