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abo

Pronunciation: /ʔaˈbo/

“abo” is a Tagalog word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ash
  2. gray
  3. tephra
  4. white-shouldered whiptail (Pentapodus bifasciatus)
  5. tigertooth croaker (Otolithes ruber)

adjective

  1. reduced to ashes
  2. gray; ash-colored
  3. pulverized

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Compare Malay abu.

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