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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano bitaog.
Noun
bitaog (plural bitaogs)
- (Philippines) The Alexandrian laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum); a large evergreen tree often cultivated as an ornamental.
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Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Bisayan *bitaqug, from Proto-Central Philippine *bitaqug, from Proto-Philippine *bitaquʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bitaquʀ.
Pronunciation
Noun
bitaog
- the bitaog tree (Calophyllum inophyllum)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano bitaog, from Proto-Bisayan *bitaqug, from Proto-Central Philippine *bitaqug, from Proto-Philippine *bitaquʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bitaquʀ (“a shore tree: Calophyllum inophyllum”). Compare Malay bentangur.
Pronunciation
Noun
bitaog (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜂᜄ᜔)
- bitaog tree (Calophyllum blancoi)
- Alexandrian laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum)
Further reading
- “bitaog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bitaquR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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