kayumanggi

Ilocano

Noun

kayumanggi

1. brown (color/colour)

Adjective

kayumanggi

1. brown (color/colour)

Tagalog

Etymology

May be related to Malay kayu (“wood”), which may refer to its color. Compare Malay kayu manis (“cinnamon”), Malay manggis, and Malay manggi-manggi (“mangrove tree (Rhizophora mucronata”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kajumaŋˈɡi/ [kɐ.jʊ.mɐŋˈɡi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ka‧yu‧mang‧gi

Adjective

kayumanggí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

1. brown (especially skin color)

   Synonyms: tsokolate, kape, moreno, morena

Related terms

• Kayumanggi

 

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson, pulang-pula	kahel; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

Noun

kayumanggí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

1. brown (especially skin color)

References

• Pastor-Roces, Marian (1991) Sinaunang Habi : Philippine Ancestral Weave‎^[1], [Quezon City, Philippines]: N. Coseteng, →ISBN, →OCLC