kamagong
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kamagóng
- Diospyros blancoi; a persimmon tree from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies
- the reddish wood of this tree
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Cebuano kamagong, from Proto-Philippine *kamaguŋ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kamagóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜄᜓᜅ᜔)
- velvet persimmon or mabolo tree (Diospyros blancoi)
- wood of the mabolo tree
- Synonym: bantulihaw
- fruit of the mabolo tree
- Synonym: talang
- ebony (color/colour)
- Synonym: ebano
- kamagong:
Further reading edit
- “kamagong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018