tagom

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈɡom/ [taˈɡom]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧gom

Noun

tagóm (Basahan spelling ᜆᜄᜓᜋ᜔)

  1. heaviness
    Synonym: gabat

Derived terms

See also

  • tagom-mata

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧gum

Noun

tagom

  1. the true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria); a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye
  2. the dye obtained from this plant
  3. the color indigo

Adjective

tagom

  1. of the colour indigo

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum. Doublet of tayom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɡum/ [ˈta.ɡom]
  • Rhymes: -aɡum
  • Syllabification: ta‧gom

Noun

tagom (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜤᜳᜫ᜴)

  1. indigo (plant, Indigofera tinctoria)

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 262