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Malay
Noun
bakong
- (dialectal, Sambas) water hyacinth
Maranao
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *bakuŋ.
Noun
bakong
- (botany) a plant with a white flower, used as a medicine for stomach ache (Crinum asiaticum)
References
- Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967) A Maranao Dictionary (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *bakuŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
bakong (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓᜅ᜔) (botany)
- spider lily (Crinum asiaticum)
Further reading
- “bakong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “bakong”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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