sambong

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sam‧bong

Noun

sambong

1. a canopy; the zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest
2. Ngai camphor (Blumea balsamifera)

Synonyms

• bukadkad

Tagalog

Etymology

Cognate with Malay sembung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /samˈboŋ/ [sɐmˈboŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: sam‧bong

Noun

sambóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔)

1. Ngai camphor (Blumea balsamifera)