tabayag

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tabaˈjaɡ/ [tɐ.bɐˈjaɡ]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: ta‧ba‧yag

Adjective

tabayág (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜌᜄ᜔)

1. sleeping without a blanket or cover

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *tabayaʀ (“Lagenaria leucantha”). Compare Ivatan tavayay, Cebuano tabayag, and Western Bukidnon Manobo tevayag.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈbajaɡ/ [tɐˈbaː.jɐɡ]
• Rhymes: -ajaɡ
• Syllabification: ta‧ba‧yag

Noun

tabayag (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜌᜄ᜔)

1. opo squash; calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

   Synonym: upo

Further reading

• “tabayag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tabayaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI