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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lelong, borrowed from Portuguese leilão, borrowed from Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām), from أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama).
Pronunciation
Noun
lèlang (plural lelang-lelang)
- auction (public sales event)
- tender
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Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from either:
- a colloquial clipping of Spanish abuela (“grandmother”) + -ng. See also lelong, ninang, ninong, nana, tata, nanang, tatang, tiya, tiyo, tiyang, tiyong, ateng, kuyang, dikong, ditseng.
- Hokkien 老人 (lāu-lâng, “old folk/s”) according to Manuel (1948).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
lelang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
- grandmother
- Synonyms: lola, impo, (dialectal) inana, (archaic) abwela, (archaic) agwela
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References
- ^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 35
Further reading
- “lelang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “lelang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5