usbong
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: us‧bong
- IPA(key): /ʔusˈboŋ/, [ʔʊsˈboŋ]
Noun
usbóng (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔)
- bulge; swelling (on a surface)
- Synonyms: umbok, tambok
- (botany) bud (of a flower)
- Synonym: buko
- (botany) sprout (of a mushroom)
- Synonym: butong
- (by extension) new growth; sprout
- Synonyms: supang, suloy
- (figurative) progress; development
- Synonyms: unlad, pag-unlad, progreso, lago, paglago
Derived terms
- magkausbong
- mag-usbong
- pag-usbong
- umusbong
- usbungan