madyong

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /madˈjoŋ/, [mʌd̪ˈjoŋ]
  • Hyphenation: mad‧yong

Etymology 1[edit]

From English mahjong.

Noun[edit]

madyóng

  1. mahjong

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

madyóng

  1. sandbur (genus Cenchrus, especially Cenchrus echinatus and Cenchrus longispinus)
Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:madyong.

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English mahjong, from Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /madˈjoŋ/, [mɐˈd͡ʒoŋ]
  • Hyphenation: mad‧yong

Noun[edit]

madyóng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. mahjong (Chinese tile game)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “madyong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 39
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