kangkong

kangkong

English

Etymology

From Tagalog kangkong and Indonesian kangkung.

Noun

kangkong (uncountable)

1. Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), grown for food in parts of Southeast Asia.
   • 2004, GJH Grubben, Vegetables, p. 334:

     Germination rates of local kangkong cultivars are often low (<60%) because of hard-seededness induced by long storage.

   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 1:

     Not long after the plantation was declared bankrupt, people had arrived to put up boundary stakes, clear away the water hyacinths and vast tangles of kangkong, and plant the marsh with rice.

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cangcong – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 孔 (kháng, “hole”) +‎ 空 (khong, “empty, hollow”). Cognate to Indonesian kangkung and Malay kangkung. Compare Chinese 空心菜.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kang‧kong
• IPA^(key): /kaŋˈkoŋ/, [kɐŋˈkoŋ]

Noun

kangkóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

1. water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Derived terms

• bulak-kangkong
• kangkong-dapo
• kangkong-kalabaw
• kangkungan

 

References

• “kangkong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018