tambakan

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tambak +‎ -an.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tamˈbakan/, [tɐmˈba.xɐn] (noun)

  • IPA(key): /tambaˈkan/, [tɐm.bɐˈxan] (verb)
  • Hyphenation: tam‧ba‧kan

Noun[edit]

tambakan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. dumping place (as of garbage, etc.)
    Synonym: tapunan

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

tambakán (complete tinambakan, progressive tinatambakan, contemplative tatambakan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. to fill up a low place (with earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
    Synonym: tabunan
  2. to supply, provide, or give too much (of something)

Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • tambakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018