EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
manger; trough...
feigned reluctance; false modesty...
reduction...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/sab-SA-ban/
FIL: Isang kahon o lalagyan kung saan kumakain ang mga alagang hayop tulad ng kabayo, baka, o baboy.
EN: manger; trough
The most famous sabsaban is Baby Jesus's first crib in every Pinoy Belen during Christmas. But in the province, it's just the everyday feeding box for farm animals. It's the OG pet food bowl, but for livestock.
From 'sabsab' (to eat like an animal) + '-an' (place suffix).
ROOT MEANING: to eat greedily; to gobble
Strongly associated with the Nativity scene in the Philippines.
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🇵🇭 Ang batang Hesus ay isinilang at inihiga sa isang sabsaban.
🇺🇸 The child Jesus was born and laid in a manger.
🇵🇭 Nilagyan ng magsasaka ng damo ang sabsaban ng kanyang mga baka.
🇺🇸 The farmer filled the trough with grass for his cows.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.