bitaog
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bitaog (plural bitaogs)
- (Philippines) The Alexandrian laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum); a large evergreen tree often cultivated as an ornamental.
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Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bisayan *bitaqug, from Proto-Central Philippine *bitaqug, from Proto-Philippine *bitaquʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bitaquʀ.
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- Hyphenation: bi‧ta‧og
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bitaog
- the bitaog tree (Calophyllum inophyllum)
Tagalog edit
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Borrowed from Cebuano bitaog, from Proto-Bisayan *bitaqug, from Proto-Central Philippine *bitaqug, from Proto-Philippine *bitaquʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bitaquʀ (“a shore tree: Calophyllum inophyllum”). Compare Malay bentangur.
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bitaog (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜂᜄ᜔)