katmon

English

Noun

katmon (plural katmons)

1. Dillenia philippinensis, a tree endemic to the Philippines, whose fruit is known as the elephant apple.

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• catmon — obsolete, Abecedario

Etymology

Compare Tagalog katmon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatmon/ [ˈkat̪.mon̪]
• Hyphenation: kat‧mon

Noun

katmon (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Dillenia philippinensis, a species of tree endemic to the Philippines
2. fruit from this tree; elephant apple
3. wood from this tree

Derived terms

• Catmon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catmon — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *katmun (“Dillenia philippinensis”). Compare Bikol Central katmon, Cebuano katmon and Kapampangan katmun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /katˈmon/ [kɐt̪ˈmon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: kat‧mon
• Homophone: Catmon

Noun

katmón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔)

1. katmon (Dillenia philippinensis; a species of tree endemic to the Philippines)
2. elephant apple (fruit from this tree)
3. katmon wood

Derived terms

• Catmon

Further reading

• “katmon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 83