laing

See also: Laing

Limos Kalinga

Noun

laíng

1. intelligence

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• laying

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔiŋ/ [ˈlaː.ʔɪŋ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔiŋ
  • IPA^(key): /laˈʔiŋ/ [lɐˈʔiŋ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: la‧ing

Noun

laing (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜅ᜔)

1. laing (Filipino dish of taro leaves with meat or seafood cooked in thick coconut milk)
2. witheredness; wiltedness; fadedness; driedness (especially of leaves of vegetables and fruits)

   Synonyms: pagkalanta, kalantahan

3. dried and yellowed banana leaves
4. cutlassfish (Trichiuridae)

Related terms

• lain

Adjective

laíng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜅ᜔)

1. withered; wilted; faded; dried (especially of leaves of vegetables and fruits)

   Synonyms: lanta, luoy, tuyo

Derived terms

• laingan
• maglaing

 

Further reading

• “laing” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021

Anagrams

• Aling, linga, Linga, angil, aling, ilang