linlang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• linglang, lingling — obsolete

Etymology

Compare Hokkien 凌人 (lêng-lâng, “to bully; to intimidate”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /linˈlaŋ/ [lɪnˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: lin‧lang

Noun

linláng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔)

1. trickery; fraud; deceit

   Synonyms: daya, pandaraya, lalang, paglilinlang, panlilinlang, panloloko, pandaraya

Derived terms

• linlangin
• luminlang
• malinlang
• manlilinlang
• manlinlang
• mapanlinlang
• paglinlang
• paglinlangan
• palinlang
• panlilinlang
• panlilinlang
• panlinlang

 

Further reading

• “linlang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018