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Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧gong
- IPA(key): /kamaˈɡoŋ/
- Rhymes: -oŋ
Noun
kamagóng
- Diospyros blancoi; a persimmon tree from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies
- the reddish wood of this tree
Descendants
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano kamagong, from Proto-Philippine *kamaguŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kamagóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜄᜓᜅ᜔)
- velvet persimmon or mabolo tree (Diospyros blancoi)
- Synonyms: mabolo, talang
- wood of the mabolo tree
- Synonym: bantulihaw
- fruit of the mabolo tree
- Synonym: talang
- ebony (color/colour)
- Synonym: ebano
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Further reading
- “kamagong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018