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Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog lungsod (“city”), from Cebuano lungsod (“town”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luŋˈsod/
- Hyphenation: lung‧sod
Noun
lungsód (Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)
- city
- Synonym: siyudad
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluŋsod/
- Hyphenation: lung‧sod
Noun
lúngsod
- town
Usage notes
Quotations
Descendants
Hiligaynon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluŋsod/
- Hyphenation: lung‧sod
Noun
lungsod
- town
- Synonym: banwa
- anthill
Tagalog
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Cebuano lungsod (“town”).[1] Said to be introduced by Eusebio T. Daluz in 1915,[2][3] one of the founders of the Akademya ng Wikang Pilipino (Academy of the Filipino Language), one of the predecessors of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) (Commission on the Filipino Language). See also Malay lungsur (“slide down”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lungsód (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)
- city
- Synonym: siyudad
- Lungsod ng Maynila ― City of Manila
Usage notes
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co.
- ^ Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino.
- ^ Morrow, Paul (2017) “The Filipino language that might have been (Third of a three-part series)”, in Canadian Filipino Net
Further reading
- “lungsod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “lungsod”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024