supling

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sopling — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /supˈliŋ/ [sʊpˈliŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: sup‧ling

Noun

suplíng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. progeny; offspring; scion

   Synonym: anak

2. offshoot; bud; sprout (of a plant)

   Synonyms: supang, suloy

3. development of new growth (as from a branch or cutting)

   Synonym: pagsupling

Derived terms

• pagsupling
• suplingan

 

References

• “supling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), page 130
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot