malingga

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• malinga — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit कालिङ्ग (kāliṅga, “watermelon; white gourd”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maliŋˈɡa/ [mɐ.lɪŋˈɡa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧ling‧ga

Noun

malinggá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ) (chiefly Cavite)

1. wax gourd; white gourd (Benincasa hispida)

   Synonyms: kundol, tibyayong, (Bulacan, Laguna) sikoy, (obsolete) kamagalingga

See also

• kamagalingga

Further reading

• “malingga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 883
• 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