tabon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabon (plural tabons)
- The bird Megapodius cumingii, the Philippine megapode.
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ta‧bon
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *tabun (“cover with sand”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapbun.
Noun[edit]
tabon
Verb[edit]
tabon
- to cover
- to replace a cover, plug or cap
- to bury; to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabon
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tabon.
Higaonon[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabon
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *tabun (“cover with sand”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabun.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tabon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜓᜈ᜔)
- heap of soil or dirt used to fill a hole in the ground
- act of filling up or covering a hole in the ground with soil or dirt
- Synonym: pagtatabon
- dike of earth used to separate fishponds
- Synonym: pilapil
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈbon/ [tɐˈbon], /ˈtabon/ [ˈta.bon]
- Rhymes: -on, -abon
- Syllabification: ta‧bon
Noun[edit]
tabón or tabon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜓᜈ᜔)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Cebuano
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano verbs
- ceb:Fowls
- Higaonon lemmas
- Higaonon nouns
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Rhymes:Tagalog/on
- Rhymes:Tagalog/on/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/abon
- Rhymes:Tagalog/abon/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation