madyong

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /madˈjoŋ/ [mɐd̪ˈjoŋ]
  • Hyphenation: mad‧yong

Etymology 1

From English mahjong.

Noun

madyóng

  1. mahjong

Etymology 2

Noun

madyóng

  1. sandbur (genus Cenchrus, especially Cenchrus echinatus and Cenchrus longispinus)
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:madyong.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English mahjong, from Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /madˈjoŋ/ [mɐdˈd͡ʒoŋ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /madˈjoŋ/ [mɐd̪ˈjoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Syllabification: mad‧yong

Noun

madyóng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. mahjong (Chinese tile game)

Derived terms

References

  • “madyong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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 39
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