tambay

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Tagalog tambay, itself from English stand by. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tambay (plural tambays) (Philippines) An idler; a layabout. == Cebuano == === Etymology === Clipping of estambay. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tam‧bay === Noun === tambay bum, idler, layabout, loafer === Verb === tambay to hang around to loiter ==== Synonyms ==== estambay == Sambali == === Noun === tambay help == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === From a clipping of istambay, from English stand by. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtambaj/ [ˈt̪am.baɪ̯] Rhymes: -ambaj Syllabification: tam‧bay ==== Noun ==== tambay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔) (slang) loitering; idling Synonym: ungkot loiterer; idler Synonym: istambay (often derogatory) jobless person ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: tambay === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tamˈbaj/ [t̪ɐmˈbaɪ̯] Rhymes: -aj Syllabification: tam‧bay ==== Adjective ==== tambáy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔) consumed; finished (of work assigned, etc.) killed instantaneously (especially with a single blow, stab, shot, etc.) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adverb ==== tambáy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔) instantaneously (affected or killed) Synonyms: tambing, bigla, dagli, kagyat, agad, agad-agad very soon after Synonyms: pagdaka, pagkaraka ==== Noun ==== tambáy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔) instantaneous death (especially with a single blow, stab, shot, etc.)