tubig

Alangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/ [ˈtu.biɡ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧big

Noun

túbig (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. water

   Synonym: agwa (only on expressions)

2. pond

   Synonym: danaw

Derived terms

• magtubig
• matubig
• patubig
• tubigon

 

See also

• tamilig

 

References

• ABVD

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Caluyanun

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Kermit Titrud, Participant identifications in Caluyanen, Studies in Philippine Linguistics 3:1 (1979)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧big
• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/ [ˈt̪u.bɪɡ]

Noun

túbig (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. water

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tubig.

Derived terms

• tubig dagat

 

References

• Andrew M. Nelson, An Introduction to Cebuano (1964)

Central Subanen

Etymology

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Central Subanen–English Dictionary
• Jason William Lobel, Philippine and North Bornean Languages (2013), page 378

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Gorontalo

Etymology

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

túbig

1. water

Verb

túbig

1. water

References

• Elmer P. Wolfenden, Hiligaynon Reference Grammar (University of Hawaii Press, 1971)

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubíg

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Kinaray-a

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/, [ˈtu.biɡ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧big

Noun

tubig

1. water

Verb

tubig

1. to water

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• ABVD

Mongondow

Etymology

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Robert Blust, The Greater Central Philippines Hypothesis, Oceanic Linguistics, 30:2 (1991)

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Mansakan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Magbasa kita sa Kalagan 3. Let's read Kalagan 3, [1], SIL Philippinas (1990)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig (cf. Asi tubi, Buhi'non Bikol tobig, Capiznon tubi, Ilocano tubbog, and Mansaka tobig). Dempwolff (1938) posited it to be from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubiʀ (“deep place in the water”) (cf. Malay tubir (“ledge, steep riverbank, cliff”)) but the meaning in Central Philippine languages is consistently “water” or “juice”, and no forms have been found to bridge the semantic gap with the Malay term, making the etymology unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/ [ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚], (colloquial) /ˈtubeɡ/ [ˈt̪uː.bɛɡ̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ubiɡ
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈbiɡ/ [t̪ʊˈbiɡ̚], (colloquial) /tuˈbeɡ/ [t̪ʊˈbɛɡ̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: tu‧big

Noun

tubig (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. water

   Synonyms: agwa, (gay slang) borbeg

2. body of open water (as opposed to land)

   Antonym: katihan

3. (slang) water cure (torture)

Derived terms

• anyong-tubig
• Bagong Tubig
• bulantubig
• bulutong-tubig
• itubig
• kutong-tubig
• lamang-tubig
• magkatubig
• magpatubig
• magtubig
• magtubig-tubig
• manubig
• mas matimbang ang dugo kaysa tubig
• matubig
• matubigan
• pampatubig
• pantubig
• pantubigan
• papagtubigin
• patubig
• patubigan
• takaw-tubig
• takot sa tubig
• tubig-alat
• tubig-baha
• tubig-dagat
• tubig-gripo
• tubig-ilog
• tubig-inumin
• tubig-tabang
• tubig-ulan
• tubigan
• tubigbilos
• walang-tubig

 

Descendants

• → Alangan: tubig

See also

• dilig
• tubog

 

Adjective

tubíg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. watery

   Synonyms: matubig, agwado, akwoso

Derived terms

• matubig-tubig
• tubig-tubig

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈbiɡ/ [t̪ʊˈbiɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: tu‧big

Adjective

tubíg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. talkative and dishonest (of a person)

Further reading

• “tubig”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tubig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) chance resemblances “deep place in water”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• butig

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /tubiɡ/ [t̪ʊˈβiɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: tu‧big

Noun

tubig (Sulat Sūg spelling تُبِݢْ)

1. water
2. juice

Derived terms

• matubig

References

• Carl R. Galvez Rubino, Intensive Tausug: A Pedagogical Grammar (2006)

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/, [ˈtu.biɡ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧big

Noun

túbig

1. water
2. flood
3. high tide

References

• John U. Wolff, Ida O. Wolff, Beginning Waray-Waray (1967)

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Western Subanon

Etymology

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

Noun

tubig

1. water

References

• Jason William Lobel, Philippine and North Bornean Languages (2013), page 378