lalao

• IPA^(key): /lalaˈʔo/ [l̪ɐ.l̪ɐˈʔo]
• Hyphenation: la‧la‧o

lalaó (Badlit spelling ᜎᜎᜂ)

1. muddy water

   Synonyms: lapok, yapak, yutik, hutik

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lalao

1. recreation

Compare Cebuano lalao (“slough; muddy area”) and Hiligaynon lalao (“mud”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lalaˈʔo/ [lɐ.lɐˈʔo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: la‧la‧o

lalaó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜂ) (dialectal, Southern Tagalog)

1. tidewater swamp; mangrove swamp; marshy jungle reached by seawater

   Mga bakawan ang tumutubong kahoy sa lalao.

   Mangroves are the trees growing at the swamp reached by seawater.

• Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012) Diksyunaryong Batangueño‎^[1] (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 199
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 214