sibsib

• sabsab

• Hyphenation: sib‧sib

sibsib

1. to feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for
2. to feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sebseb (“to fall forward”), according to Blust (2010–). Compare Agutaynen ma-sebseb, Bikol Central mag-subsob, Aklanon subsub, Mansaka sobsob. Doublet of subsob.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sibˈsib/ [sɪbˈsib]
• Rhymes: -ib
• Syllabification: sib‧sib

sibsíb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜊ᜔)

1. late sunset

   Synonyms: silim, pagsilim

2. gradual disappearance of the sinking sun in the horizon

   Synonyms: lubog, paglubog

3. sipping of the last drop of liquid food on a container by animals

• sibsibin

sibsíb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜊ᜔)

1. set; sunken (of the sun on the horizon)

• “sibsib” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “sibsib”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*sebseb”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary