tanglad

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tang‧lad
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋlad/ [ˈt̪aŋ.l̪ɐd̪]

Noun

tanglad

  1. lemongrass; one of various species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon, especially Cymbopogon citratus, which have a lemon-like taste and aroma, and are used in cooking, for tea, and for fragrance

Quotations

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋəlaj, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋəlaj (elephant grass, miscanthus grass: Themeda gigantea). Compare Aklanon tangead and Cebuano tanglad.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taŋˈlad/ [t̪ɐn̪ˈlad̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: tang‧lad

Noun

tanglád (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔)

  1. lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
    Synonyms: salay, nugo

Further reading

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