kiling-kawayan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- quiling cauayan (obsolete)
Etymology
kiling + kawayan
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki‧ling‧ka‧wa‧yan
- IPA(key): /kiˌliŋkaˈwajan/, [kxɪˌliŋkɐˈwajɐn]
Noun
kilíng-kawayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)
- (obsolete) common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)
- Synonym: kiling
References
- Juan de Noceda; Pablo de Sanlucár (1613) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (in Spanish), published 1860, page 265
Further reading
- “kiling-kawayan” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.