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tambak

Pronunciation: /tamˈbak/

“tambak” is a Tagalog word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. heap; pile; mound (of earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
  2. accumulation (as of official papers not acted upon)
  3. act of filling up of a low place (with earth, garbage, stones, sand, etc.)
  4. embankment; terrace

adjective

  1. on a substantial point disadvantage against an opponent

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambak. Compare Javanese ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak, “dyke”), Malay tambak (“embankment”), and Maranao tambak (“rampart”).

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