maong

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ong
  • IPA(key): /maˈʔoŋ/

Noun

maóng

  1. denim cloth

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ong
  • IPA(key): /maˈʔoŋ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mahón (“nankeen; jeans”). See Tagalog maong.

Noun

maóng

  1. denim cloth

Etymology 2

From mao (“is the one”) and nga (“that is”).

Preposition

maóng (Badlit spelling ᜋᜂᜅ᜔)

  1. Short for mao nga (“aforementioned; therefore”).

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mahón (“nankeen, especially the blue cloth; jeans”), named after Mahón, capital city of Minorca, Balearic Islands, where in the 18th century English ships transshipped cargo destined for Spanish ports in the Levant. The city name is then from Latin Portus Magōnis, from Magō, from Punic 𐤌𐤂‬𐤍 (mg‬n).

Pronunciation

Noun

maóng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜂᜅ᜔)

  1. denim cloth; jean

Further reading

  • “maong”, 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 379

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