amatong

English

Etymology

From Cebuano amatong.

Noun

amatong

  1. A type of fish trap made by piling rocks underwater.
    Synonym: miracle hole

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ma‧tong

Noun

amatong

  1. an amatong

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔamaˈtuŋ/ [ʔɐ.maˈtoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -uŋ
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧tong

Noun

amatóng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜦᜳᜥ᜴)

  1. a boxlike trap for catching monkeys

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27