silab

• Hyphenation: si‧lab

silab

1. to set alight; to cause to begin to burn; to set ablaze

silab

1. blade

   Synonym: garangan

From Proto-Philippine *sil(ə)qáb (“to set on fire, to burn”). Compare Cebuano silab and Kapampangan silab.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈlab/ [sɪˈlab̚]
• Rhymes: -ab
• Syllabification: si‧lab

siláb (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜊ᜔)

1. blaze; conflagration; big fire

   Synonym: sunog

2. bonfire

   Synonym: siga

3. setting fire; burning (of garbage, weeds, grass, etc.)

• “silab”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sil(e)qáb”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• bilas, labis

silab (genitive silaba, plural silabs)

1. syllable