kiling-kawayan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

quiling cauayan (obsolete)

Etymology

kiling +‎ kawayan

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ki‧ling‧ka‧wa‧yan
IPA^(key): /kiˌliŋkaˈwajan/, [kxɪˌliŋkɐˈwajɐn]

Noun

kilíng-kawayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)

(obsolete) common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)
Synonym: kiling

References

Juan de Noceda; Pablo de Sanlucár (1613) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala‎ (in Spanish), published 1860, page 265

Further reading

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

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