talaba

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talabá (“kind of shellfish; oyster”).

• IPA^(key): /talaˈba/ [ta.l̪aˈba]
• Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ba

talabá (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜊ)

1. oyster

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talabá (“kind of shellfish; oyster”).

• Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ba
• IPA^(key): /talaˈba/ [t̪ɐ.l̪ɐˈba]

talabá (Badlit spelling ᜆᜎᜊ)

1. oyster; any member of the family Ostreidae

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talabá (“kind of shellfish; oyster”).

talaba

1. oyster

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talabá (“kind of shellfish; oyster”). Compare Bikol Central, Cebuano, and Tagalog talaba.

• IPA^(key): /tələˈba/ [tə.ləˈbä]
• Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ba

talabá

1. oyster

talaba

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of talar

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talabá (“kind of shellfish; oyster”). Compare Ilocano talaba, Kapampangan talaba, Asi tayba, Bikol Central talaba, Aklanon taeaba, Cebuano talaba, and Maranao talaba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /talaˈba/ [t̪ɐ.lɐˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧la‧ba

talabá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜊ)

1. oyster

   Synonym: (archaic) ostra

• “talaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Alabat

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	талаба‍
Latin	talaba‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَبَة (ṭalaba), plural of طَالِب (ṭālib).

talaba (plural talabalar)

1. student