kalansay

Tagalog

Alternative forms

calansay – obsolete

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan kalanse.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ka‧lan‧say

IPA^(key): /kalanˈsaj/, [kɐ.lɐnˈsaɪ̯]

Noun

kalansáy

(anatomy) skeleton
Nahukay ng mga manggagawa sa likod ng bakuran ng paaralan ang kalansay ng pinatay na babae.
Workers unearthed the skeleton of the murdered girl behind the schoolyard.
(by extension) framework of a building

Further reading

“kalansay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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