manggustan
Malay
Noun
manggustan (plural manggustan-manggustan)
- (dated) mangosteen.
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Burmese: မင်းကွတ် (mang:kwat)
- → Dutch: mangosteen
- → English: mangosteen
- → Khmer: មង្ឃុត (mŭəngkhut)
- → Lao: ມັງຄຸດ (mang khut)
- → Portuguese: mangostão
- → Spanish: mangostán
- → Catalan: mangostà
- → Tamil: மங்குசுத்தான் (maṅkucuttāṉ)
- → Thai: มังคุด (mang-kút)
References
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mangostán, from Portuguese mangostão, from Malay manggustan. Compare Cebuano manggostan. Doublet of manggustin.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maŋɡusˈtan/ [mɐŋ.ɡʊsˈt̪an̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: mang‧gus‧tan
Noun
manggustán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)
- mangosteen
- Synonym: manggustin
Further reading
- English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 896
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 700
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 381