lungtian
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Exact etymology is unknown. Possibilities are either:
- Clipping of halungtiyang. Compare Kapampangan aluntiang.
- From lungti + -an, with lunti said to be Chinese in origin or possibly related to Proto-Philippine *luh(ə)naw.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luŋˈtiʔan/ [lʊn̪ˈt̪iː.ʔɐn̪], /luŋtiˈʔan/ [lʊn̪.t̪ɪˈʔan̪]
- Rhymes: -iʔan, -an
- Syllabification: lung‧ti‧an
Noun
[edit]lungtian or lungtián (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔)
- green (color/colour)
- Synonyms: berde, lungti, halungtiyang
Adjective
[edit]lungtian or lungtián (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔)
- green (color/colour)
- Synonyms: berde, lungti, halungtiyang
- greenish
- Synonym: maberde-berde
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]| puti | abo, gris | itim |
| pula; krimson, pulang-pula | kahel; kayumanggi | dilaw; krema |
| kulay-dayap | lungti, lungtian, berde | |
| turkesa | bughaw-langit, asul | bughaw, asul |
| lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom | mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura | rosas, kalimbahin |
Further reading
[edit]- “lungtian”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- Guillermo, Alice (1992) Color in Philippine Life and Art[1], Cultural Center of the Philippines
Anagrams
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/iʔan
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- tl:Colors of the rainbow
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