lambing

See also: Lambing

English

Verb

lambing

1. present participle and gerund of lamb

Noun

lambing (plural lambings)

1. the act of a ewe giving birth to a lamb

Derived terms

• lambing season

Anagrams

• Gamblin, ambling, balming, blaming, gamblin'

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lamˈbiŋ/ [lɐmˈbiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: lam‧bing

Etymology 1

Noun

lambíng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔)

1. show of affection, tenderness, or fondness towards someone (through an embrace, caress, kiss, etc.)

   Synonyms: karinyo, (slang) lambutsing, wingwing

2. tenderness; melodiousness; sweetness (of a tune or air)

   Synonyms: tamis, katamisan

3. characteristic attitude of a child wanting to be shown affection

Derived terms

• lambingan
• lumambing
• maglambing
• malambing
• mapaglambing
• paglalambing
• paglambingan

See also

• lambutsing

Etymology 2

See also Malay lambing (“pricked up (of the ears)”) and Indonesian (Benuaq) lambing (“ears with long lobes because they are usually worn as ear ornaments in rural tribes in East Kalimantan”).

Noun

lambíng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. long pierced hanging ear lobes (like those possessed by noblewomen)

Derived terms

• ikalambing
• ilambing
• lambingin
• lumambing
• malambing
• nakalambing

See also

• lawing
• lawingwing
• luping
• lupingping

Further reading

• “lambing”, 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
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 455: “Oreja) Lambing (pc) agujereada y larga como las vſan traerias principalas”