kalalang

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈlalaŋ/ [kɐˈlaː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -alaŋ
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧lang

Noun

kalalang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜎᜅ᜔)

1. narrow-necked water jug

   Synonym: galong

See also

• kalamba

 

Etymology 2

From ka- +‎ lalang (“invention”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalaˈlaŋ/ [kɐ.lɐˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ka‧la‧lang

Noun

kalaláng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜎᜅ᜔)

1. fellow creature
2. (neologism) industry

   Synonym: industriya

Derived terms

• isakalalang
• kalalangan
• kalalangin
• kalalanging kapnayan
• mangangalalang
• pagsasakalalang
• pangalalang
• plantang pangalalang
• saka-kalalangin
• sakalalang
• sakalangin
• sakunang kalalangin

 

Further reading

• “kalalang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL