alupag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • halupag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalupaʀ (“persimmon”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaluˈpaɡ/ [ʔɐ.lʊˈpaɡ̚], /ʔaˈlupaɡ/ [ʔɐˈluː.pɐɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡ, -upaɡ
  • Syllabification: a‧lu‧pag

Noun

alupág or alupag (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜉᜄ᜔)

  1. longan (Dimocarpus longan)
    Synonyms: alupay, alipay
  2. rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)
    Synonyms: alipay, alpay, rambutan

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “alupag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalupaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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