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Tagalog
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य (kṣantavya, “to be pardoned or forgiven”). Compare Old Javanese kṣāntawya / kṣāntabya (“pardon; may I be pardoned”), Toba Batak santabi (“pardon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sintabì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜊᜒ)
- Synonym of pasintabi
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sintabi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “santabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 176: “Comperdon) Singtabi (pp) I. ſangtabi, hablando on muchos”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 210