kumunoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cominoy, comunoy — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kuminoy

Etymology

From earlier kuminoy, attested in the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kumuˈnoj/ [kʊ.mʊˈn̪oɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: ku‧mu‧noy

Noun

kumunóy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜓᜌ᜔)

1. marsh; mire; quagmire

   Synonyms: balaho, kulunoy

2. (by extension) quicksand

See also

• labon
• lusak
• tarlak
• tunlak

 

References

• “kumunoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 14