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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəŋ, *tabiŋ (“sheltering cover”). Compare Ilocano tabing and Javanese ꦠꦮꦼꦁ (taweng) / ꦠꦮꦶꦁ (tawing).
Pronunciation
Noun
tabing (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔)
- screen; curtain
- Synonyms: kurtina, kansel, telon, biyumbo
- temporary screen or curtain used to conceal something on the other side
- Synonym: tabil
- manner of how a curtain or screen was placed
- Synonym: pagkakatabing
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tabing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tabeŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tabiŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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