taeb

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Tagalog

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taəb (“high tide”). Compare Ilocano atab, Pangasinan etab, Kapampangan atab, Bikol Central taob, Cebuano taob, and Tausug taub.

Pronunciation

Noun

taeb (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜊ᜔)

  1. rise of the tide; high tide
    Synonyms: taog, pagtaog, laki
    Antonym: kati

Further reading

  • “taeb”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taeb”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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