ambuwang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ambwang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abuqaŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔambuˈaŋ/ [ʔɐmˈbwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: am‧bu‧wang

Noun

ambuwáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔)

1. large beetle

See also

• uwang

Further reading

• “ambuwang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abuqaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI