subsob

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sub‧sob
• IPA^(key): /ˈsubsob/, [ˈsub.sob]

Verb

subsob

1. to scorch; to singe

   Synonyms: daos, tutong, sirob

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Philippine *sebseb (“to fall forward”), as a doublet of sibsib. Compare Bikol Central mag-subsob, Aklanon subsub, Mansaka sobsob, Agutaynen ma-sebseb.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /subˈsob/, [sʊbˈsob]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: sub‧sob

Noun

subsób (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜊ᜔)

1. an occurrence of falling flat on one's face or falling forwards

   Synonyms: songasong, subasob, subong, sugabang, bulagta

2. the act of partially burying something in the ashes (such as when roasting root crop tubers like sweet potatoes)

Derived terms

• isubsob
• mapasubsob
• masubsob
• pagkasubsob
• subsob na subsob sa gawain
• sumubsob

 

Related terms

• sibasib
• sibsib
• subasob

 

Further reading

• “subsob” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “subsob”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*sebseb”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary