ampon

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpon/ [ʔamˈpon̪]
• Hyphenation: am‧pon

Noun

ampón (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. adoptee

   Synonym: ataman

Derived terms

• amponon
• mag-ampon
• paampon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ampun — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ampun (“pardon”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampun (“pardon, forgiveness”). Compare Maguindanao ampon, Kapampangan ampun, Aklanon ampun, Tausug ampun, and Old Javanese ampun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpon/ [ʔɐmˈpon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: am‧pon

Noun

ampón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. adopted child

   Synonyms: anak-anakan, (male) iho-adoptibo, (female) iha-adoptiba

2. adoption of a child

   Synonyms: alaga, kupkop, angkin, adopsiyon

3. (obsolete) shelter; protection; defense; assistance

   Synonyms: alaga, aruga, kupkop, kalinga, kandili, tangkilik, amparo, sanggalang, tulong

Derived terms

• ampunan
• ampunin
• bahay-ampunan
• iampon
• ipag-ampon
• mag-ampon
• pag-aampon
• pag-ampon
• tagaampon
• tagapag-ampon
• umampon

Adjective

ampón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

1. adopted (of a child)

   Synonym: adoptibo

2. (obsolete) sheltered

Further reading

• “ampon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 54: “Amparar) Ampun (pc) defendiendo a alguno”
  • page 219: “Defender) Ampun (pc) a otro”
  • page 319: “Fauoreçer) Ampun (pc) defendiendo a otro”
  • page 319: “Fauor) Ampun (pc) queſeda a otro [defendiendole]”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ampun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI