kalansay
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Kapampangan kalanse.
Pronunciation[edit]
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