ampon
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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: am‧pon
- IPA(key): /ʔamˈpon/
Noun
ampón
- adoptee
- Synonym: ataman
Derived terms
- amponon
- mag-ampon
- paampon
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampun (“pardon, forgiveness”). Compare Maguindanao ampon, Kapampangan ampun, Aklanon ampun, Tausug ampun, Malay ampun, and Old Javanese ampun.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: am‧pon
- IPA(key): /ʔamˈpon/, [ʔɐmˈpon]
Noun
ampón
- adopted child
- Synonym: anak-anakan
- adoption of a child
- Synonyms: alaga, kupkop, angkin
- (obsolete) shelter; protection; assistance
- Synonyms: alaga, aruga, kupkop, kalinga, kandili, tangkilik, amparo, sanggalang, tulong
Derived terms
- ampunan
- ampunin
- bahay-ampunan
- mag-ampon
- pag-aampon
- pag-ampon
- tagaampon
- tagapag-ampon
- umampon
Adjective
ampón
- adopted (of a child)
- (obsolete) sheltered
Further reading
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier