ketong
Eastern Bontoc edit
Noun edit
ketong
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 疥瘡／疥疮 (kè-chhng, “scabies”). Compare Kapampangan ketung.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈketoŋ/ [ˈkɛ.toŋ]
- Rhymes: -etoŋ
- Syllabification: ke‧tong
Noun edit
ketong (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆᜓᜅ᜔) (pathology)
- leprosy
- Synonyms: lepra, kating-putakti
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “ketong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “ketong”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
- 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 30
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/etoŋ
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