tabad
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Tagbanwa, Central Tagbanwa, Calamian Tagbanwa tabad.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ta‧bad
Noun edit
tabad
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaR (“tasteless, insipid; powerless; antidote, as against snakebite”). Compare Cebuano tabad, Malay tawar, and Old Javanese tawa (“powerless, weak, inefficacious, harmless”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tabad (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜇ᜔)
- water added to dilute an alcoholic drink (especially tuba)
- Synonym: banto
- act of adding water to dilute an alcoholic drink (especially tuba)
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tabád (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜇ᜔)
- bloodletting; phlebotomy
- Synonyms: pagtatabad, padugo