tambakan

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Tagalog

Etymology

From tambak +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamˈbakan/, (noun)

  • IPA(key): /tambaˈkan/, (verb)
  • Hyphenation: tam‧ba‧kan

Noun

tambakan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. dumping place (as of garbage, etc.)
    Synonym: tapunan

Derived terms

Verb

tambakán (complete tinambakan, progressive tinatambakan, contemplative tatambakan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. to fill up a low place (with earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
    Synonym: tabunan
  2. to supply, provide, or give too much (of something)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • tambakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018