damong-dagat

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • ramong-ragat — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From damo +‎ -ng- +‎ dagat. Calque of English seaweed.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /daˌmoŋ ˈdaɡat/, [dɐˌmon ˈda.ɣɐt]
  • Rhymes: -aɡat
  • Syllabification: da‧mong-da‧gat

Noun

damóng-dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜓᜅ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. seaweed

Further reading
  • “damong-dagat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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