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Dupaningan Agta
Noun
sakon
- kind of palm tree with an edible center
Esperanto
Noun
sakon
- accusative singular of sako
Finnish
Noun
sakon
- genitive singular of sakko
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish chacón, possibly of onomatopoeic origin from the sound of the tokay gecko. Compare Hiligaynon sakon.
Pronunciation
Noun
sakón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜓᜈ᜔)
- tokay gecko
- Synonym: tuko
See also
Further reading
- “sakon”, 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 613
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
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