kalansay
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Kapampangan kalanse.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalanˈsaj/ [kɐ.lɐn̪ˈsaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: ka‧lan‧say
Noun
[edit]kalansáy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)
- (anatomy) skeleton
- Nahukay ng mga manggagawa sa likod ng bakuran ng paaralan ang kalansay ng pinatay na babae.
- Workers unearthed the skeleton of the murdered girl behind the schoolyard.
- (by extension) framework of a building
Further reading
[edit]- “kalansay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018