pilandok

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Maranao.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: pi‧lan‧dok

Noun[edit]

pilandok

  1. the Philippine mouse-deer (Tragulus nigricans); a small, nocturnal ruminant, which is endemic to Balabac and nearby smaller islands of Bugsuc and Ramos, located southwest of Palawan, in the Philippines

Tagalog[edit]

pilandok

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Maranao pilandok. Compare Tausug pilanduk (mousedeer; chevrotain) and Malay pelanduk (mouse deer).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pilandók (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. Philippine mouse deer (Tragulus nigricans)

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • pilandok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018