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tambalan

Pronunciation: /tamˈbalan/

“tambalan” is a Tagalog word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pairing; couple; compound
  2. compound; compound word
  3. witch doctor; healer

Etymology

From tambal + -an. For the sense "grammar", it was coined by Lope K. Santos in the Balarilà ng Wikang Pambansá (Grammar of the National Language), published in 1939.

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