onse-onse

Tagalog
Carpilius maculatus

Etymology

Reduplication of onse (“eleven”), alluding to the eleven spots present on its carapace.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: on‧se-on‧se
  • IPA(key): /ʔonseˈʔonse/, [ʔon.seˈʔon.se]

Noun

onse-onse

  1. large spotted crab (Carpilius maculatus)
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