kayumanggi

Ilocano

Noun

kayumanggi

1. brown (color/colour)

Adjective

kayumanggi

1. brown (color/colour)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cayomangi, cayomangui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kayumangi — obsolete

Etymology

May be related to Malay kayu (“wood”) (or its cognates from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw, cf. kahoy), which may refer to its color. Compare Malay kayu manis (“cinnamon”) and Malay manggi-manggi (“mangrove tree (Rhizophora mucronata”). See also Portuguese mangue (“mangrove”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kajumaŋˈɡi/ [kɐ.jʊ.mɐŋˈɡɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ka‧yu‧mang‧gi

Adjective

kayumanggí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

1. brown (especially skin color)

   Synonyms: tsokolate, kape, moreno, morena

Related terms

• Kayumanggi

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson, pulang-pula	kahel, bulantubig; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

Noun

kayumanggí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

1. brown (especially skin color)

See also

• morena
• moreno

Further reading

• “kayumanggi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kayumanggi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 432: “Morena) Cayomangi [(pc)] đ color trigeña”
• Pastor-Roces, Marian (1991), Sinaunang Habi : Philippine Ancestral Weave‎^[2], [Quezon City, Philippines]: N. Coseteng, →ISBN, →OCLC