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Where does “taba” come from?

taba (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq.

taba (Tagalog): fat; lard

Definitions

  1. fat; lard

Ancestry of “taba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tabəq—

Words derived from “taba”

  • mataba
  • pataba
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq →