langgam

langgam

1. wild beast

• Hyphenation: lang‧gam
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋɡam/ [ˈl̪aŋ.ɡɐm]

lánggam (Badlit spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

1. bird

This is part of Cebuano–Tagalog false friends. The Tagalog definitions can be found at langgam#Tagalog.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:langgam.

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”).

• IPA^(key): /laŋˈɡam/ [lɐŋˈɡɐm]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: lang‧gam

langgám (Hanunoo spelling ᜮᜥ᜴ᜤᜫ᜴)

1. millipede

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 161

langgam

1. a beast

• langam — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• lamgam — obsolete

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”). Compare Ilocano langgam (“bird”), Hanunoo langgam (“millipede”), Calamian Tagbanwa lamlam (“bird”), Bikol Central gamgam (“bird”), Aklanon eanggam (“rat”), Cebuano langgam (“bird”), Western Bukidnon Manobo langgam (“any non-human creature”), and Binukid langgam (“wild beast”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laŋˈɡam/ [lɐŋˈɡam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: lang‧gam

langgám (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

1. ant

   Synonym: (dialectal, Southern Tagalog) guyam

This is part of Tagalog–Cebuano false friends. The Cebuano definitions can be found at langgam#Cebuano.

• “langgam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “langgam”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 357: “Hormigas) Langam (pc) L. comunes”