tabang

See also: tab-ang

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧bang
• IPA^(key): /ˈtabaŋ/ [ˈt̪a.bɐŋ]

Noun

tabang (Badlit spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

1. help; aid; assistance

   Synonyms: bulig, ayuda

Derived terms

• hinabang
• manabang
• matinabangon
• motabang
• panabang
• tabangan
• tabangon

Anagrams

• atbang, batang

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtabaŋ/ [ˈta.baŋ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧bang

Noun

tábang (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

1. help, aid

   Synonyms: agap, ayuda, sanggawad

2. assistance

   Synonyms: gawad, asistensiya

Derived terms

• katabang
• magtabang
• tabangan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(e)baŋ. Compare Cebuano tab-ang and Tagalog tabáng.

Alternative forms

• tab-ang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʔˈbaŋ/ [taʔˈbaŋ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧bang

Noun

tàbang (Basahan spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

1. insipidity / insipidness, blandness, tastelessness

   Synonym: labsay

Derived terms

• magtabang
• matabang
• patabang

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Verb

tabang

1. to help

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Verb

tabang

1. to help

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Verb

tabang

1. to help

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tab-ang — dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Mindoro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taq(ə)baŋ. Compare Central Bikol tabang, Cebuano tab-ang and Tausug ta'bang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈbaŋ/ [t̪ɐˈbaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧bang

Noun

tabáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

1. blandness; tastelessness

   Synonyms: kawalang-lasa, huklay

2. loss of appetite (for food)

   Synonym: kawalang-gana

3. loss of interest in

   Synonyms: kawalang-gusto, kawalang-interes

Adjective

tabáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

1. fresh; not salty (of freshwater)
2. freshwater (of fish, etc.)

Derived terms

• antabang
• dagat-tabang
• katabangan
• magpatabang
• matabang
• pagkamatabang
• patabangin
• tabangan
• tubig-tabang
• tumabang

Further reading

• “tabang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• batang

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /tabaŋ/ [t̪aˈβaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧bang

Noun

tabang (Sulat Sūg spelling تَبَڠْ)

1. help, aid, assistance

   Synonym: tulung

Derived terms

• katabangan
• magpatabang
• magtabang
• tabangi
• tabangun
• tiyabang
• tiyatabang
• tumabang

Interjection

tabang (Sulat Sūg spelling تَبَڠْ)

1. help!

   Tabang! di' aku makalanguy!

   Help! I can't swim!

Yakan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ.

Noun

tabang

1. help, aid, assistance
2. helper