langlang

See also: lǎnglǎng and lángláng

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 咱人 (lán-lâng, “we; us; Chinese”, literally “our people”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laŋˈlaŋ/ [lɐn̪ˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: lang‧lang

Adjective

langláng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

1. Chinese; of Chinese cuisine (especially pancit)

   Synonym: Tsino

Derived terms

• pansit langlang

Noun

langláng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

1. a kind of pancit with broth

   Synonym: pansit langlang

2. (nautical, historical) Chinese corsair from the sixteenth century
3. spice; condiment

   Synonyms: rekado, palabok

4. (obsolete) Chinese (person)

   Synonyms: Tsino, Sanglay

Further reading

• “langlang”, 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 545: “Sangley) Langlang (pc) anſi llamauan los viejos deſtos [a los] ſangleyes cuando venian [a tratar] con ellos”

Anagrams

• ngalngal