lamang-dila
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From laman (“flesh; content”) + dila (“tongue”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˌmaŋ ˈdilaʔ/ [lɐˌman ˈdi.lɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -ilaʔ
- Syllabification: la‧mang-di‧la
Noun edit
lamáng-dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ) (obsolete)
- something mentioned, uttered, or brought up often
- Synonym: bukang-bibig
- act of speaking about something or someone often
- (by extension) talking badly about someone or something a lot
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Further reading edit
- 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
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 445: “Nombrar) Lamandila (pp) mucho y [a menudo] algo”
- page 586: “Tratar) Lamandila (pp) los pecados y colas de otros”