lamang-dila
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From laman (“flesh; content”) + dila (“tongue”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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
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Further reading[edit]
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 445: “Nombrar) Lamandila (pp) mucho y [a menudo] algo”
- page 586: “Tratar) Lamandila (pp) los pecados y colas de otros”