espongha

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esponja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpoŋha/
  • Hyphenation: es‧pong‧ha

Noun

espongha (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜑ)

  1. sponge
  2. powder puff

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esponja.

Pronunciation

Noun

espongha (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜑ)

  1. sponge
    • 1905, “Mateo 27:48”, in Ang Dating Biblia‎:
      At pagkaraka'y tumakbo ang isa sa kanila, at kumuha ng isang espongha, at binasa ng suka, saka inilagay sa isang tambo, at ipinainom sa kaniya.
      And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.
    • 2001, Retorikang Pangkolehiyo, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 98:
      Sapagkat ang isang nagsusulat ay kailangang parang isang espongha na humihigop ng tubig sa kanyang paligid.
      Because the one who writes should be like a sponge that absorbs the water from its surroundings.
    • 2006, “Espongha​—Simple Pero Kamangha-mangha”, in Gumising!‎, archived from the original on 10 September 2020:
      “Ang mga espongha ang pinakamatanda at pinakamababang uri ng hayop,” ang sabi ng National Geographic News. Kaya nga iniisip ng ilan na ang sinaunang espongha ang ninuno ng mga hayop at tao sa teoriya ng ebolusyon.
      “Sponges occupy the oldest and lowest branch on the animal family tree,” states National Geographic News. This has led some individuals to speculate that an ancient sponge was the evolutionary ancestor of animals and humans.
  2. powder puff

Further reading

  • “espongha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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