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tabon

“tabon” is a Cebuano word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cover; covering
  2. cap (protective cover or seal)
  3. the Philippine megapode (Megapodius cumingii)

verb

  1. to cover
  2. to replace a cover, plug or cap
  3. to bury; to hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tabun (“cover with sand”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapbun.

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