ulupong
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- olopong — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Are the "cobra, viper" and "meeting" senses related?”)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ʔuluˈpoŋ/ [ʔʊ.lʊˈpoŋ] (“cobra; viper; treacherous person”, noun)
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈlupoŋ/ [ʔʊˈlu.poŋ] (“(obsolete) meeting; conference”, noun)
- Rhymes: -upoŋ
- IPA(key): /ʔuluˈpoŋ/ [ʔʊ.lʊˈpoŋ] (“cobra; viper; treacherous person”, noun)
- Syllabification: u‧lu‧pong
Noun
ulupóng (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔)
isang ulupong
- (zoology) cobra, especially the Philippine cobra, Naja philippinensis
- Synonym: kobra
- (zoology, by extension) viper
- Synonym: bibora
- (figurative) treacherous person; traitor
Derived terms
- kaulupungan
- taong ulupong
Noun
ulupong (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔)
Derived terms
- ipag-ulupong
- mag-ulupong
- makipag-ulupong
- pag-ulupungan
Further reading
- “ulupong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
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