alimango

See also: Alimango

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-maŋu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈmaŋo/ [ʔɐ.l̪ɪˈma.ŋo]
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ma‧ngo

Noun

alimango

1. giant mud crab (Scylla serrata)

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-maŋu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈmaŋu/ [ʔa.liˈmɐ.ŋo]
• Rhymes: -aŋu
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ma‧ngo

Noun

alimango (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜲᜫᜥᜳ) (zoology)

1. blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus)

See also

• apugan
• luka

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 25
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qali-maŋu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-maŋu.

Noun

alimango

1. large crab

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alimang̃o — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-maŋu. Compare Cebuano alimango, Hiligaynon alimango, and Yami alimango.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈmaŋo/ [ʔɐ.lɪˈmaː.ŋo]
• Rhymes: -aŋo
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ma‧ngo
• Homophone: Alimango

Noun

alimango (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜋᜅᜓ)

1. (loosely) crab

   Synonyms: kangreho, (Mogpog Marinduque) butot

2. (strictly) giant mud crab (Scylla serrata, a species of large black crab)

Derived terms

• alimangong-bakunog
• alimangong-bato
• mag-aalimango

Related terms

• Alimango

See also

• alimasag
• ayama
• katang
• malimango
• sikat-sikat
• talangka

Adjective

alimango (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜋᜅᜓ)

1. (astronomy, figurative, obsolete) gibbous (of the moon)

   Alimango ang buwan.

   The moon is gibbous.

   (literally, “The moon is crab-shaped.”)

Further reading

• “alimango”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 23
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qali-maŋu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• Maglinao

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-maŋu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈmaŋo/, [ʔa.liˈma.ŋu]

Noun

alimango

1. crab

References

• Abuyen, Tomas A. (2000), “alimango”, in Diksyunaryo Waray-waray (Visaya), English-Tagalog, Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 8

Yami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-maŋu.

Noun

alimango

1. a kind of crab