sabong
Cebuano edit
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sabong
- a contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs; a cockfight; cockfighting
- (euphemistic) sexual intercourse
Verb edit
sabong
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Ibatan edit
Etymology edit
Cognates with Yami savong and Ivatan savusavung.
Noun edit
sabong
Ilocano edit
Noun edit
sabong
Limos Kalinga edit
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sabong
Lubuagan Kalinga edit
Noun edit
sabong
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”). Compare Malay sabung.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sabong (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓᜅ᜔)
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Further reading edit
- “sabong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
From Malay sabun, likely through North Moluccan Malay, from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn) or Portuguese sabão, both ultimately from Latin sapō.
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sabong
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh