taingang-daga

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• taingandaga, tengandaga, tengang-daga, tainga-ng-daga

Etymology

From tainga +‎ -ng +‎ daga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˌʔiŋaŋ daˈɡaʔ/, [tɐˌʔi.ŋɐn dɐˈɣaʔ] (dated)

• IPA^(key): /ˌtajŋaŋ daˈɡaʔ/, [ˌtaɪ̯.ŋɐn dɐˈɣaʔ]

• IPA^(key): /ˌteŋaŋ daˈɡaʔ/, [ˌtɛ.ŋɐn dɐˈɣaʔ] (colloquial)
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ta‧i‧ngang-da‧ga

Noun

taingang-dagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅᜅ᜔ᜇᜄ)

1. (literally) ear of a mouse or rat
2. wood ear (edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, particularly Auricularia affinis)
3. creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
4. Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)

   Synonyms: takip-kuhol, takip-suso, takip-kuto

5. (anatomy, colloquial) hangnail

   Synonyms: tainga, (Marinduque) dayurayo