kayumanggi

Ilocano

Noun

kayumanggi

  1. brown (color/colour)

Adjective

kayumanggi

  1. brown (color/colour)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

May be related to Malay kayu (“wood”) (or its cognates from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw, cf. kahoy), which may refer to its color. Compare Malay kayu manis (“cinnamon”) and Malay manggi-manggi (“mangrove tree (Rhizophora mucronata”). See also Portuguese mangue (“mangrove”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kajumaŋˈɡi/ [kɐ.jʊ.mɐŋˈɡɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ka‧yu‧mang‧gi

Adjective

kayumanggí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

  1. brown (especially skin color)
    Synonyms: tsokolate, kape, moreno, morena

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)
     puti      abo, gris      itim
             pula; krimson, pulang-pula              kahel; kayumanggi              dilaw; krema
             kulay-dayap              lungti, lungtian, berde             
             turkesa              bughaw-langit, asul              bughaw, asul
             lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom              mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura              rosas, kalimbahin

Noun

kayumanggí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

  1. brown (especially skin color)

See also

Further reading

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