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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kanduŋ.
Pronunciation
Noun
kandóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜅ᜔)
- act of carrying something or someone in one’s lap (such as of child on a mother's lap)
- Synonym: kalong
Adjective
kandóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜅ᜔)
- carried on one's lap (such as of a child)
- Synonym: kalong
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kandong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kanduŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI