onggo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hongo, from Old Spanish fongo, from Latin fungus. Doublet of funggus. See also espongha.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔoŋɡo/ [ˈʔoŋ.ɡo]
  • Rhymes: -oŋɡo
  • Syllabification: ong‧go

Noun

onggo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ) (mycology)

  1. fungus
    Synonyms: halamang-singaw, singaw, funggus
  • onggilyo

Further reading

  • “onggo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 324
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