langgam

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Binukid

Noun

langgam

  1. wild beast

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lang‧gam
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaŋɡam/

Noun

lánggam (Badlit spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

  1. bird

Usage notes

This is part of Cebuano–Tagalog false friends. The Tagalog definitions can be found at langgam#Tagalog.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:langgam.

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laŋˈɡam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: lang‧gam

Noun

langgám (Hanunoo spelling ᜮᜥ᜴ᜤᜫ᜴)

  1. millipede

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 161

Higaonon

Noun

langgam

  1. a beast

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”). Compare Ilocano langgam (“bird”), Hanunoo langgam (“millipede”), Calamian Tagbanwa lamlam (“bird”), Bikol Central gamgam (“bird”), Aklanon eanggam (“rat”), Cebuano langgam (“bird”), Western Bukidnon Manobo langgam (“any non-human creature”), and Binukid langgam (“wild beast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

langgám (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

  1. ant
    Synonym: (dialectal, Batangas, Marinduque) guyam

Usage notes

This is part of Tagalog–Cebuano false friends. The Cebuano definitions can be found at langgam#Cebuano.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “langgam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “langgam”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
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