malansa

Tagalog

Adjective

malansá

  1. fishy (smell)
    • 1906, Hermenegildo Cruz, Kun sino ang kumathâ ng̃ "Florante", Librería "Manila filatélico", pp. 187-188. (in the poem "Sa Aking Mga Kabatà" supposedly written by José Rizal)
      Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salitâ / mahigit sa hayop at malansáng isdâ /
      He that knows not to love his own language / is worse than beasts and putrid fish /
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