tubigan

tubig +‎ -an

• Hyphenation: tu‧bi‧gan

tubigan

1. a watering hole; a depression in which water collects and where animals come to drink
2. a watery area or a body of water

From tubig +‎ -an. The game of patintero is called as such, because one informally prepares the playing field via drawing lines on the ground (sand or soil) that look like tiny depressions on the ground reminiscent of irrigated fields on farms.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈbiɡan/ [tʊˈbi.ɣɐn] (“fertile land; rice paddy; body of water”, noun; “to water”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -iɡan
  • IPA^(key): /tubiˈɡan/ [tʊ.bɪˈɣan] (“patintero (game); water container”, noun; “aquatic, watery; fed up; water-filled”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tu‧bi‧gan

tubigan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

1. fertile irrigated land; watery land; paddy; paddy field; rice paddy
2. a body of water (such as rivers, lakes, seas, water reservoirs, oases, watering holes)

tubigan (complete tinubigan, progressive tinutubigan, contemplative tutubigan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

1. to water; to add water

   Tubigan mo itong halaman bago ito mamatay.

   Water this plant before it dies.

tubigán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

1. (playground games) patintero (traditional Filipino children's game)
2. water container

tubigán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

1. aquatic; watery
2. Clipping of natubigan.: fed up; burned out
3. Clipping of natubigan.: filled with water

• “tubigan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “tubigan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier