erkon
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English air-con, aircon, air conditioner. Compare Tagalog erkon, Brunei Malay ekon, Japanese エアコン (eakon), Korean 에어컨 (eeokeon) & Central Dusun iikon. Clipping of air conditioning.
Noun
[edit]erkon
- synonym of pendingin udara (“air conditioner”)
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English aircon, clipping of air conditioner.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔeɾkon/ [ˈʔɛɾ.kon̪]
- Rhymes: -eɾkon
- Syllabification: er‧kon
Noun
[edit]erkon (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜈ᜔)
- air conditioner
- 1985, Ramon V. Lim, Mga limbas sa lupa ni Muhammad (Saudi Arabia):
- Lahat ay mahimbing, may naghihilik, may humahagok, at maingay ang ugong ng erkon. Lumapit ang anino sa isang nakahiga, nilente ang mukha, at nakapihong siya na nga.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- cold air coming from an air conditioner
Derived terms
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- English clippings
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾkon
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾkon/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with quotations