langgam

langgam

1. wild beast

• Hyphenation: lang‧gam
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋɡam/ [ˈl̪aŋ.ɡɐm]

lánggam (Badlit spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

1. bird

This is part of Cebuano–Tagalog false friends. The Tagalog definitions can be found at langgam#Tagalog.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:langgam.

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”).

• IPA^(key): /laŋˈɡam/ [lɐŋˈɡɐm]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: lang‧gam

langgám (Hanunoo spelling ᜮᜥ᜴ᜤᜫ᜴)

1. millipede

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 161

langgam

1. a beast

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

berlanggam

1. to collect or pool money for a particular purpose

   Synonyms: berantam, bercarum, berteyan

• Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “لڠݢم langgam”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh Ltd., page 603
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “langgam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 16

May be related to lenggang “to rock, to sway; swaying of a dancer, an elephant's trunk etc; swagger”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

langgam (Jawi spelling لڠݢم, uncountable)

1. manner, way, method

   Synonyms: cara, buatan

2. custom

   Synonyms: aturan, adat

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “langgam”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 16

• "langgam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• langam — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• lamgam — obsolete

From Proto-Philippine *lamʀam (“vermin”). Compare Ilocano langgam (“bird”), Hanunoo langgam (“millipede”), Calamian Tagbanwa lamlam (“bird”), Central Bikol gamgam (“bird”), Aklanon eanggam (“rat”), Cebuano langgam (“bird”), Western Bukidnon Manobo langgam (“any non-human creature”), and Binukid langgam (“wild beast”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laŋˈɡam/ [lɐŋˈɡam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: lang‧gam

langgám (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜋ᜔)

1. ant

   Synonym: (dialectal, Southern Tagalog) guyam

This is part of Tagalog–Cebuano false friends. The Cebuano definitions can be found at langgam#Cebuano.

• “langgam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “langgam”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.
• 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.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (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 357: “Hormigas) Langam (pc) L. comunes”