tagabas

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀabas. Compare Hanunoo tagabas and Malay terawas.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈɡabas/ [t̪ɐˈɣaː.bɐs]
  • Rhymes: -abas
  • Syllabification: ta‧ga‧bas

Noun

tagabas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜊᜐ᜔)

  1. a type of fern that can be served as a vegetable and found often near rivers or creeks (Diplazium esculentum)
    Synonyms: pako, eletso, kaliskis-ahas

Further reading

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