asoge

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azogue (“mercury”), from Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈsoɡe/ [ʔɐˈsoː.ɣɛ]
  • Rhymes: -oɡe
  • Syllabification: a‧so‧ge

Noun

asoge (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜄᜒ)

  1. mercury
    Synonym: merkuryo

See also

Further reading

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