mingming

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiŋmiŋ/ [ˈmim.mɪŋ]
• Hyphenation: ming‧ming

Etymology 1

Corruption of amamangloy.

Noun

mingming (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜅ᜔)

1. katydid

   Synonyms: amamangloy, mangliw

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

mingming (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜅ᜔)

1. (childish) cat; kitten
2. (common) appellation for a cat

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /miŋˈmiŋ/ [mɪŋˈmiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: ming‧ming

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

mingmíng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜅ᜔) (childish)

1. appellation for a cat (especially stray cats)

Alternative forms

• miming

See also

• kuting
• muning
• pusa
• pusakal

Etymology 2

Noun

mingmíng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of seizing stubborn people

Derived terms

• mingmingan

See also

• sunggab

Further reading

• “mingming”, 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