sabong

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bong
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaboŋ/ [ˈs̪a.boŋ]

Noun

sabong

1. a contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs; a cockfight; cockfighting
2. (euphemistic) sexual intercourse

Verb

sabong

1. to pair off or pair up to fight

Synonyms

• (cockfighting): bulang, buwang, derbi, tigbakay

Related terms

• kristo
• bulangan, buwang, sabongan, tigbakayan

Ibatan

Etymology

Cognates with Yami savong and Ivatan savusavung.

Noun

sabong

1. flower

Ilocano

Noun

sabong

1. flower

Limos Kalinga

Noun

sabong

1. petal

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

sabong

1. flower

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ (“pit two opponents against each other; cockfight”). Compare Malay sabung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsaboŋ/ [ˈsaː.boŋ]
• Rhymes: -aboŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧bong

Noun

sabong (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜓᜅ᜔)

1. cockfight
2. attack of a cock against another

   Synonyms: salpok, pagsalpok

Derived terms

• isabong
• magsabong
• magsasabong
• pagsabong
• sabongera
• sabongero
• sabungan
• sabungin
• sasabungin

 

See also

• tupada
• soltada

Further reading

• “sabong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay sabun, likely through North Moluccan Malay, from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn) or Portuguese sabão, both ultimately from Latin sapō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ˈboŋ/

Noun

sabong

1. soap

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh