lansong
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 籠床/笼床 (lâng-sn̂g).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /lanˈsoŋ/ [lɐnˈsoŋ]
- 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