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tabung

“tabung” is a Malay word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. any tube (anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape)
  2. cylinder
  3. bamboo section
  4. any cylindrical container or flask made from bamboo, metal etc for holding liquids, seeds etc
  5. bamboo container with a slotted opening traditionally made to keep small money like a piggy bank

Etymology

Probably from Semelai tabong (“container”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ ]b[oo]ŋ (“feeding-trough”).

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