kamagong
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧gong
- IPA(key): /kamaˈɡoŋ/ [kɐ.mɐˈɡoŋ]
- Rhymes: -oŋ
Noun
kamagóng
- Diospyros blancoi; a persimmon tree from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies
- the reddish wood of this tree
Related terms
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- kamagon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *kamaguŋ. Compare Ilocano kamagong, Hanunoo kamagong, Bikol Central kamagong, Cebuano kamagong, and Maranao kamagong.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kamaˈɡoŋ/ [kɐ.mɐˈɣoŋ]
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Syllabification: ka‧ma‧gong
Noun
kamagóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜄᜓᜅ᜔)
- velvet persimmon or mabolo tree (Diospyros blancoi)
- wood of the mabolo tree
- Synonym: bantulihaw
- fruit of the mabolo tree
- Synonym: talang
- ebony (color/colour)
- Synonym: ebano
- kamagong: