tubigan

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Cebuano

Etymology

tubig +‎ -an

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧bi‧gan

Noun

tubigan

  1. a watering hole; a depression in which water collects and where animals come to drink
  2. a watery area or a body of water

Tagalog

Etymology

From tubig +‎ -an. The game of patintero is called as such, because one informally prepares the playing field via drawing lines on the ground (sand or soil) that look like tiny depressions on the ground reminiscent of irrigated fields on farms.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /tuˈbiɡan/ (“fertile land; rice paddy; body of water”, noun; “to water”, verb)
    • IPA(key): /tubiˈɡan/ (“patintero (game); water container”, noun; “aquatic, watery; fed up; water-filled”, adjective)
  • Syllabification: tu‧bi‧gan

Noun

tubigan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. fertile irrigated land; watery land; paddy; paddy field; rice paddy
  2. a body of water (such as rivers, lakes, seas, water reservoirs, oases, watering holes)

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Verb

tubigan (complete tinubigan, progressive tinutubigan, contemplative tutubigan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. to water; to add water
    Tubigan mo itong halaman bago ito mamatay.
    Water this plant before it dies.

Noun

tubigán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. (playground games) patintero (traditional Filipino children's game)
  2. water container

Adjective

tubigán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

  1. aquatic; watery
  2. Clipping of natubigan.: fed up; burned out
  3. Clipping of natubigan.: filled with water

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