tambalan

From tambal +‎ -an

IPA^(key): /tamˈbalan/ [t̪ɐmˈba.l̪ɐn̪]

• Hyphenation: tam‧ba‧lan

tambalan (Badlit spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜈ᜔)

1. healer
2. medicine man
3. faith healer

• (healer): mananambal, manambalan

Inherited from Malay tambalan. By surface analysis, tambal (“to flatter”) +‎ an.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tamˈbalan/ [t̪amˈba.lan]
• Rhymes: -alan
• Syllabification: tam‧ba‧lan

tambalan (countable and uncountable, plural tambalan-tambalan)

1. patch

• “tambalan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tamˈbalan/ [t̪ɐmˈbaː.lɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -alan
• Syllabification: tam‧ba‧lan

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.

tambalan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜈ᜔)

1. pairing; couple; compound
2. (grammar) compound; compound word

From Cebuano tambalan or Hiligaynon tambalan.

tambalan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜈ᜔)

1. witch doctor; healer

   Synonym: manggagamot

• “tambalan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025