ampon

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: am‧pon
• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpon/, [ʔamˈpon̪]

Noun

ampón

1. adoptee

   Synonym: ataman

Derived terms

• amponon
• mag-ampon
• paampon

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ampun (“pardon”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampun (“pardon, forgiveness”). Compare Maguindanao ampon, Kapampangan ampun, Aklanon ampun, Tausug ampun, and Old Javanese ampun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpon/, [ʔɐmˈpon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: am‧pon

Noun

ampón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. adopted child

   Synonym: anak-anakan

2. adoption of a child

   Synonyms: alaga, kupkop, angkin

3. (obsolete) shelter; protection; assistance

   Synonyms: alaga, aruga, kupkop, kalinga, kandili, tangkilik, amparo, sanggalang, tulong

Derived terms

• ampunan
• ampunin
• bahay-ampunan
• mag-ampon
• pag-aampon
• pag-ampon
• tagaampon
• tagapag-ampon
• umampon

 

Adjective

ampón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. adopted (of a child)

   Synonym: adoptibo

2. (obsolete) sheltered

Further reading

• “ampon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*ampun”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary