amlong

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *amuluŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈluŋ/ [ʔɐmˈloŋ]
• Rhymes: -uŋ
• Syllabification: am‧long

Noun

amlóng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫ᜴ᜮᜳᜥ᜴) (botany)

1. a generic term for varieties of a useful climbing fern, probably Epipremnum pinnatum

Derived terms

• amlong angbo
• amlong bugnuyon
• amlong kamurang

See also

• lukmoy

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 28
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amuluŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI