talong

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay terung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈloŋ/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧long

Noun

talóng (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

1. eggplant, aubergine

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• tawong

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay terung.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧long
• IPA^(key): /taˈloŋ/, (General Cebuano)
• IPA^(key): /taˈwoŋ/, (Metro Cebu, Leyte, Bohol)

Noun

talóng

1. eggplant (US); aubergine (UK)

   Synonym: bringhinas

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay terung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈloŋ/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧long

Noun

talóng

1. eggplant (US); aubergine (UK)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin talus (compare Danish talon, German talon, English talon, French talon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talɔŋ/

Noun

talong c

1. (card games) stock, talon (a stack of undealt cards)
2. the returned part of ticket
3. separable part of form; deposit slip

Declension

Descendants

• → Finnish: talonki

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay terung, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”). Compare Bikol Central talong, Cebuano talong, Cuyunon tarong, Brooke's Point Palawano terung, Sambali talom, and Waray-Waray tarong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈloŋ/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧long

Noun

talóng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

1. eggplant; aubergine (plant and fruit)
2. (slang, euphemistic) penis

   Synonyms: titi, utin

Derived terms

References

• “talong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC