"Tambal" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

támbal - Plaster, medicinal leaves,
poultice, unguent, ointment, salve, or the
like as a remedy for a wound, boil, swelling,
etc. or to relieve an ache. May támbal
(inogtámbal, talámbal) ikáw nga maáyo
sa síkmat? Have you got a good remedy for
back-ache? Tambalí ang íya ólo sing búyò.
Apply búyò-leaves to his head (forehead,
brow). Itámbal sa íya hubág iníng mga
dáhon. Put these leaves on his swelling
(boil). Tinambalán níla ang íya hubág kag
nagbúswang kag nagáyo sa walâ gid
madúgay. They put a plaster on his boil
and within a short time it broke open and
healed. Ipatámbal ang íya pilás sa médiko
(manugbúlung). Have his wound seen to
by a doctor. Get a doctor to treat his
wound. Indì siá magpatámbal. He does

not want to be treated with plasters, etc.
(cf. hámpul, háplas).

tambal
Active Verb: magtambal
Passive Verb: itambal
Definition: (verb) to pair up; to be billed together

tambal v {1} [A; b] treat an illness, wound.
Tambáli (tambali) nang ímung samad, Dress your wound.
{2} [A; b2] reform, correct s.
o.
Unsay itambal ning íyang katapulan, What remedy is there for his laziness?
{2a} [b8] get punished as a cure for being naughty.
Hingtambalan ka lagi human ka latiguhi, Your whipping was just what the doctor ordered.
n {1} medicine.
{2} remedial measures.
paN- v [A2] practice medicine.
maN-r- n {1} medical doctor.
{2} = tambálan.
-an n folk doctor, specializing in diseases of supernatural origin.
v [B156] become a tambálan.
-anan n hospital, clinic.
ma-un a medicinal.