lelong

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Malay

Etymology

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    Arabic أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama)
    Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām)bor.
    Portuguese leilãobor.
    Malay lelong

    Borrowed from Portuguese leilão, borrowed from Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām), from أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama).

    Noun

    lelong (Jawi spelling ليلوڠ, plural lelong-lelong, informal 1st possessive lelongku, 2nd possessive lelongmu, 3rd possessive lelongnya)

    1. auction (public sales event)
    2. (Pontianak) thrift shop

    Descendants

    • Indonesian: lelang
    • → Min Nan: 黎壟 / 黎垄 (lê-lóng)

    Further reading

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Possibly a colloquial clipping of Spanish abuelo (“grandfather”) +‎ -ng. See also lelang, ninong, ninang, manong, manang, etc.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lelong (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

    1. grandfather
      Synonyms: lolo, ingkong, mamay, apo, (dialectal) amama, (archaic) abwelo, (archaic) agwelo
      • 1907, Sofronion G. Calderon, Dating Pilipinas:
        Ang pang̃alan ng pangulo sa bawat balangay ay Dato na ang kahulugan sa wikang Malaya (ani Dr. de Tavera ay nuno ó lelong ano pa ng̃a't dito'y ating mapagninilay na ang ayos sa pámunuan ay isang pamumuno sa gulang̃an.
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    Further reading

    • “lelong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
    • 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 36
    • 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

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