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tambangan

Pronunciation: /tambaˈŋan/

“tambangan” is a Tagalog word. Its 7 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lie in wait for and attack; to ambush; to waylay (a person or animal)
  2. to use for tying a gamecock to a peg (of a place)
  3. to set up a trap or snare in order to catch (wild game or a person)

noun

  1. place used for ambush or waylaying
  2. ambushing incident
  3. place where one ties a gamecock to a peg
  4. place strategically located for setting up traps or snares

Etymology

From tambang + -an.

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