Brooke's Point Palawano

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Noun

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lunggati

  1. worm

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From *lung (grief) (cf. lungkot, lungayi, and lumbay) + Malay hati (emotions, literally liver), cf. dalamhati, pighati, ulohati, luwalhati, and salaghati).

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Noun

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lunggatî (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜆᜒ)

  1. earnest desire; fervent wish or ambition
    Synonyms: mithi, punyagi

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Further reading

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  • lunggati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 87

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