tabing

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəŋ, *tabiŋ (“sheltering cover”). Compare Ilocano tabing and Javanese ꦠꦮꦼꦁ (taweng) / ꦠꦮꦶꦁ (tawing).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtabiŋ/ [ˈtaː.bɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -abiŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧bing

Noun

tabing (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔)

1. screen; curtain

   Synonyms: kurtina, kansel, telon, biyumbo

2. temporary screen or curtain used to conceal something on the other side

   Synonym: tabil

3. manner of how a curtain or screen was placed

   Synonym: pagkakatabing

Derived terms

• itabing
• magtabing
• pagkakatabing
• puting-tabing
• tabingan

 

Further reading

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