kamagong

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧gong
  • IPA(key): /kamaˈɡoŋ/
  • Rhymes: -oŋ

Noun

kamagóng

  1. Diospyros blancoi; a persimmon tree from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies
  2. the reddish wood of this tree

Descendants

  • Spanish: camagón
    • English: camagon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano kamagong, from Proto-Philippine *kamaguŋ.

Pronunciation

Noun

kamagóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜄᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. velvet persimmon or mabolo tree (Diospyros blancoi)
    Synonyms: mabolo, talang
  2. wood of the mabolo tree
    Synonym: bantulihaw
  3. fruit of the mabolo tree
    Synonym: talang
  4. ebony (color/colour)
    Synonym: ebano
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Further reading

  • kamagong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018