kokang

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ko‧kang

Noun

kokang

1. the Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkokaŋ/ [ˈkoː.xɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -okaŋ
• Syllabification: ko‧kang

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 交換(こうかん) (kōkan).

Noun

kokang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜃᜅ᜔)

1. exchange; interchange

   Synonyms: kambalatse, baligya, kambiyo, palitan

Etymology 2

Noun

kokang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜃᜅ᜔)

1. bee-eater (possibly the blue-tailed bee-eater)

Alternative forms

• cocang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Further reading

• “kokang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344