mamon

From Mexican Spanish mamón.

• Hyphenation: ma‧mon

mamon

1. sponge cake

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamon/
• Hyphenation: ma‧mon

mamon

1. accusative singular of mamo

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mamón (“sponge cake”), from Spanish mamón (“suckling child”). Compare Cebuano torta mamon and Thai มาม่อนเค้ก (maa-mɔ̂ɔn-kéek, “mamon cake”). See also Spanish mojicón.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈmon/ [mɐˈmon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ma‧mon

mamón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜓᜈ᜔)

1. mamon (traditional Filipino chiffon cake or sponge cake)

• “mamon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018