tabak Variant. sabak noun English. Muslim-made brass serving tray having a single central leg to hold it up off the floor. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' duuni paanen nami meselagetaw, sa' ilakan, pediinen tabak. English. When we serve food to important people, when the food is put out, it is put on a brass tray. Example sentence: Subanen. Betad Muslim, sa' paanen ita, ilakan ita diin gupia tabak, laak ikaman pa deli' dekag betangay su tabak. English. The custom of Muslims, when they serve food to us, is that we are served on a wide, brass tray. But a mat is first spread out under the tray. Generic. dulang c.f. talam