alupag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• halupag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalupaʀ (“persimmon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaluˈpaɡ/ [ʔɐ.lʊˈpaɡ̚], /ʔaˈlupaɡ/ [ʔɐˈluː.pɐɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -aɡ, -upaɡ
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧pag

Noun

alupág or alupag (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜉᜄ᜔)

1. longan (Dimocarpus longan)

   Synonyms: alupay, alipay

2. rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)

   Synonyms: alipay, alpay, rambutan

Derived terms

• alupag kalabaw
• alupag-amo

 

Further reading

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