lamang-dila
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- laman dila — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- lamandila
Etymology
From laman (“flesh; content”) + dila (“tongue”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˌmaŋ ˈdilaʔ/ [lɐˌman̪ ˈd̪iː.lɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -ilaʔ
- Syllabification: la‧mang-di‧la
Noun
lamáng-dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ) (obsolete)
- something mentioned, uttered, or brought up often
- Synonym: bukang-bibig
- act of speaking about something or someone often
- (by extension) talking badly about someone or something a lot
Derived terms
- lamaning-dila
- maglaman-dila
- maglamang-dila
Further reading
- 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.[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[2] (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 445: “Nombrar) Lamandila (pp) mucho y [a menudo] algo”
- page 586: “Tratar) Lamandila (pp) los pecados y colas de otros”