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Cebuano
Etymology
From Tagbanwa, Central Tagbanwa, Calamian Tagbanwa tabad.
Pronunciation
Noun
tabad
- a kind of rice wine
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaR (“tasteless, insipid; powerless; antidote, as against snakebite”). Compare Cebuano tabad, Malay tawar, and Old Javanese tawa (“powerless, weak, inefficacious, harmless”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tabad (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜇ᜔)
- water added to dilute an alcoholic drink (especially tuba)
- Synonym: banto
- act of adding water to dilute an alcoholic drink (especially tuba)
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
tabád (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜇ᜔)
- bloodletting; phlebotomy
- Synonyms: pagtatabad, padugo
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