langgam

See also: Langgam

Binukid

Noun

langgam

1. wild beast

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lang‧gam
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋɡam/ [ˈl̪aŋ.ɡɐm]

Noun

lánggam (Badlit spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

1. bird

Usage notes

This is part of Cebuano–Tagalog false friends. The Tagalog definitions can be found at langgam#Tagalog.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:langgam.

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laŋˈɡam/ [lɐŋˈɡɐm]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: lang‧gam

Noun

langgám (Hanunoo spelling ᜮᜥ᜴ᜤᜫ᜴)

1. millipede

See also

• aluhipan

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 161

Higaonon

Noun

langgam

1. a beast

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• langam — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• lamgam — obsolete

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”). Compare Ilocano langgam (“bird”), Hanunoo langgam (“millipede”), Calamian Tagbanwa lamlam (“bird”), Bikol Central gamgam (“bird”), Aklanon eanggam (“rat”), Cebuano langgam (“bird”), Western Bukidnon Manobo langgam (“any non-human creature”), and Binukid langgam (“wild beast”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laŋˈɡam/ [lɐŋˈɡam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: lang‧gam

Noun

langgám (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

1. ant

   Synonym: (dialectal, Southern Tagalog) guyam

Usage notes

This is part of Tagalog–Cebuano false friends. The Cebuano definitions can be found at langgam#Cebuano.

Derived terms

• bahay-langgam
• ihing-langgam
• langgaman
• langgamin
• malanggam

See also

• apanas
• hantik
• kuwitib
• punso

Further reading

• “langgam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• “langgam”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025.
• 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.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• 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 357: “Hormigas) Langam (pc) L. comunes”