damong-dagat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ramong-ragat — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From damo +‎ -ng- +‎ dagat. Calque of English seaweed.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˌmoŋ ˈdaɡat/, [dɐˌmon ˈda.ɣɐt]
• Rhymes: -aɡat
• Syllabification: da‧mong-da‧gat

Noun

damóng-dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓᜅ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)

1. seaweed

Further reading

• “damong-dagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018