lansong
Tagalog
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 籠床 / 笼床 (lâng-sn̂g).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /lanˈsoŋ/ [lɐn̪ˈsoŋ]
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Syllabification: lan‧song
Noun
[edit]lansóng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)
- bamboo steamer basket (usually round and made of bamboo, for cooking and serving dim sum)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “lansong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 35