sintabi
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- santabi, sangtabi
- singtabi
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit क्षन्तव्य (kṣantavya, “to be pardoned or forgiven”). Compare Old Javanese kṣāntawya / kṣāntabya (“pardon; may I be pardoned”), Toba Batak santabi (“pardon”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sinˈtabiʔ/ [sɪn̪ˈt̪aː.bɪʔ]
- Rhymes: -abiʔ
- Syllabification: sin‧ta‧bi
Noun
sintabì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜊᜒ)
- synonym of pasintabi
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sintabi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “santabi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 176: “Comperdon) Singtabi (pp) I. ſangtabi, hablando on muchos”
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 210