kabig
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- cabig (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabiʀ.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧big
- IPA(key): /ˈkabɪɡ/, [ˈkxabɪɡ]
Noun
kábig
- act of drawing or pulling something into oneself
- vassal; subject; follower
Derived terms
- ikabig
- kabigin
- kumabig
- magkabig
- mangabig
References
- Juan de Noceda; Pablo de Sanlucár (1613) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (in Spanish), published 1860