asoge

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azogue (“mercury”), from Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsoɡe/ [ʔɐˈsoː.ɣɛ]
• Rhymes: -oɡe
• Syllabification: a‧so‧ge

Noun

asoge (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜄᜒ)

1. mercury

   Synonym: merkuryo

See also

• Merkuryo

 

Further reading

• “asoge”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018