talubata

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from talo +‎ bata.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /talubaˈtaʔ/ [tɐ.lʊ.bɐˈtaʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /taluˈbataʔ/ [tɐ.lʊˈba.tɐʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: ta‧lu‧ba‧ta

Adjective

talubatâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜊᜆ)

1. middle-aged; of medium age (somewhere between 25 and 35)

See also

• balubata

 

Further reading

• “talubata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1254.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 411: “Mediano) Talobata (pc) en edad ni viejo ni mozo”