katmon
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Noun edit
katmon (plural katmons)
- Dillenia philippinensis, a tree endemic to the Philippines, whose fruit is known as the elephant apple.
Cebuano edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
katmón (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔)
- Dillenia philippinensis, a species of tree endemic to the Philippines.
- fruit from this tree; elephant apple
- wood from this tree
Derived terms edit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central Philippine *katmun (“Dillenia philippinensis”). Compare Bikol Central katmon, Cebuano katmon and Kapampangan katmun.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /katˈmon/, [kɐtˈmon]
- Rhymes: -on
- Homophone: Catmon
- Syllabification: kat‧mon
Noun edit
katmón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔)
- katmon (Dillenia philippinensis; a species of tree endemic to the Philippines)
- elephant apple (fruit from this tree)
- katmon wood
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Further reading edit
- “katmon”, 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
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 83