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Kapampangan
Noun
kaláwang
- Súlat Wáwâ spelling of kalauang
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Kapampangan kalauang.
Pronunciation
Noun
kalawang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜏᜅ᜔)
- rust
- Synonyms: taeng-bakal, taeng-babasi
- (figurative, obsolete) tartar
- kalawang ng ngipin ― tartar of the teeth
- (obsolete) roller
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
kalawang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜏᜅ᜔)
- rust (color/colour)
kalawang:
Further reading
- “kalawang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “kalawang”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 351: “Herrumbre) Calavang (pp) que cria el hierro con la humedad”
- page 427: “Moho) Calavang (pp) del hierro”
- page 456: “Orin) Calavang (pp) q̃ cria el hierro con la vmedad”
- page 534: “Rodillo) Calavang (pp) que van de bajo de lo que arraſtran”
- page 581: “Toua) Calavang (pp) de los dientes”
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