The ubiquitous Philippine cultural artifact found in almost every Filipino household’s bathroom.
water dipper
tabo
dipper used for scooping up water
to scoop / (water)
Tabuin ang tubig.
To scoop the water.
Used a dipper (to scoop up water).
ang tinabong tubig
the scooped-up water
Tumabo siya ng tubig sa tapayan.
He scooped out water from the clay jar.
Tabo is also the name of the steamer mentioned in the opening sentence of Jose Rizal’s second novel El Filibusterismo (1891).
One morning in December the steamer Tabo was laboriously ascending the tortuous course of the Pasig, carrying a large crowd of passengers toward the province of La Laguna. She was a heavily built steamer, almost round, like the tabú from which she derived her name, quite dirty in spite of her pretensions to whiteness, majestic and grave from her leisurely motion.
In the United States, you can order online a plastic tabo from Amazon. It’s also been called a water ladle or scooper.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
tabò: pansalok na gawâ sa báo, láta, o plastik
Monopolyong mga kumpanya sa parmasyutika, tumabo ng ₱500 bilyon sa balitang may bagong baryant ng COVID
