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tabil

Pronunciation: /taˈbil/

“tabil” is a Tagalog word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. talkativeness; garrulity
  2. temporary screen or curtain used to conceal something on the other side

Etymology

Possibly from Brunei Malay tabir, from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”). Compare Tausug tabil (“a curtain or frill on a canopy bed frame”)

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