tubig

Borrowed from Tagalog tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Kermit Titrud, Participant identifications in Caluyanen, Studies in Philippine Linguistics 3:1 (1979)

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

• Hyphenation: tu‧big
• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/ [ˈt̪u.bɪɡ]

túbig (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. water
   • 2017, Rafanan, Gumer M, Dagsa:

     Nagkinabaw siya pag-inom sa sapa, baba ray midapat sa tubig. Human sa pipila ka lad-ok, mihayang siya ug gipiyong niya iyang mga mata. Nagkadaiyang kasabang lasangnon ang nadungog: tingog sa gangis, awit sa langgam, kasikas, hinaganas, ngarab sa amo, dagayday sa tubig og uban pa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 — Prias Jr., Perfecto P., Mahal (24 January), Gitikgitik, Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation

     Pilo: Tagpila nang tubig, Miss?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Andrew M. Nelson, An Introduction to Cebuano (1964)

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/ [ˈtu.biɡ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧big

túbig (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. water

   Synonym: agwa (only on expressions)

2. pond

   Synonym: danaw

• ABVD

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Central Subanen–English Dictionary
• Jason William Lobel, Philippine and North Bornean Languages (2013), page 378

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/ [ˈtu.biɡ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧big

túbig

1. water

túbig

1. to water

• Elmer P. Wolfenden, Hiligaynon Reference Grammar (University of Hawaii Press, 1971)

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/, [ˈtu.biɡ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧big

tubig

1. water

tubig

1. to water

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• ABVD

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Robert Blust, The Greater Central Philippines Hypothesis, Oceanic Linguistics, 30:2 (1991)

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubíg

1. water

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Proto-Mansakan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Magbasa kita sa Kalagan 3. Let's read Kalagan 3, [1], SIL Philippinas (1990)

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig (cf. Asi tubi, Buhi'non Bikol tobig, Capiznon tubi, Ilocano tubbog, and Mansaka tobig). Dempwolff (1938) posited it to be from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubiʀ (“deep place in the water”) (cf. Malay tubir (“ledge, steep riverbank, cliff”)). For the semantic shift from "deep" to "water", compare Welsh dŵr.

However, the meaning in Central Philippine languages is consistently “water” or “juice”, and no forms have been found to bridge the semantic gap with the Malay term, making the etymology unlikely.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/ [ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚], (colloquial) /ˈtubeɡ/ [ˈt̪uː.bɛɡ̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ubiɡ
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈbiɡ/ [t̪ʊˈbɪɡ̚], (colloquial) /tuˈbeɡ/ [t̪ʊˈbɛɡ̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: tu‧big

tubig (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. water

   Synonyms: agwa, (gay slang) borbeg, (back slang) gibuts

2. body of open water (as opposed to land)

   Antonym: katihan

3. (slang) water cure (torture)

• → Alangan: tubig

tubíg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. watery

   Synonyms: matubig, agwado, akwoso

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈbiɡ/ [t̪ʊˈbɪɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: tu‧big

tubíg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

1. talkative and dishonest (of a person)

• “tubig”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tubig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) chance resemblances “deep place in water”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• butig

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /tubiɡ/ [t̪ʊˈβiɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: tu‧big

tubig (Sulat Sūg spelling تُبِݢْ)

1. water
2. juice

• matubig

• Carl R. Galvez Rubino, Intensive Tausug: A Pedagogical Grammar (2006)

From Proto-Bisayan *tubig, from Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtubiɡ/, [ˈtu.biɡ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧big

túbig

1. water
2. flood
3. high tide

• John U. Wolff, Ida O. Wolff, Beginning Waray-Waray (1967)

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Jason William Lobel, Philippine and North Bornean Languages (2013), page 378

From Proto-Central Philippine *tubig, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *tubig.

tubig

1. water

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.