lambanog

Tagalog

Etymology

From Central Philippine *lambanug (“whiplash; palm-whiskey”). The liquor was likely named after the liquor's effects.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /lambaˈnoɡ/ [lɐm.bɐˈn̪oɡ̚]
    • Rhymes: -oɡ
  • IPA^(key): /lamˈbanoɡ/ [lɐmˈbaː.n̪oɡ̚] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: lam‧ba‧nog

Noun

lambanóg (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜈᜓᜄ᜔)

1. lambanog (traditional Filipino distilled palm liquor made from coconut or nipa palm sap)
2. sling

   Synonyms: saltik, tirador

3. hitting with a sling
4. (colloquial) whipping; flogging

   Synonyms: gulpi, paggulpi

Derived terms

• lambanugan
• lambanugin
• lumambanog
• maglalambanog
• maglambanog

 

See also

• labanog
• limbanog

 

Further reading

• “lambanog”, 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
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 543.
• Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 198