lansong

Tagalog

Isang lansong ("a bamboo steamer")

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 籠床／笼床 (lâng-sn̂g).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanˈsoŋ/, [lɐnˈsoŋ]
• Hyphenation: lan‧song

Noun

lansóng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

1. bamboo steamer basket (usually round and made of bamboo, for cooking and serving dim sum)

Derived terms

• lansungan

 

References

• “lansong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 35