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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sub‧sob
- IPA(key): /ˈsubsob/
Verb
subsob
- to scorch; to singe
- Synonyms: daos, tutong, sirob
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *subsub (“fall forward; put face low down”). Compare Pangasinan subsub, Bikol Central subsob, Aklanon subsub, Mansaka sobsob, and Malay susup. See also sibsib.
Pronunciation
Noun
subsób (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜊ᜔)
- an occurrence of falling flat on one's face or falling forwards
- Synonyms: songasong, subasob, subong, sugabang, bulagta
- the act of partially burying something in the ashes (such as when roasting root crop tubers like sweet potatoes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “subsob”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “subsob”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*subsub”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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