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Huave
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish león.
Noun
liong
- mountain lion (Puma concolor)
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 103
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hokkien 龍／龙 (liông).
Pronunciation
Noun
liong (first-person possessive liongku, second-person possessive liongmu, third-person possessive liongnya)
- (mythology) Chinese dragon
- Hypernym: naga
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