ulupong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• olopong — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Are the "cobra, viper" and "meeting" senses related?”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔuluˈpoŋ/ [ʔʊ.lʊˈpoŋ] (“cobra; viper; treacherous person”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlupoŋ/ [ʔʊˈlu.poŋ] (“(obsolete) meeting; conference”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -upoŋ
• Syllabification: u‧lu‧pong

Noun

ulupóng (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔)

isang ulupong

1. (zoology) cobra, especially the Philippine cobra, Naja philippinensis

   Synonym: kobra

2. (zoology, by extension) viper

   Synonym: bibora

3. (figurative) treacherous person; traitor

Derived terms

• kaulupungan
• taong ulupong

 

See also

• ahas
• duhol
• hinyayango
• kalabukab

 

Noun

ulupong (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔)

1. (obsolete) meeting; conference; circle (group)

   Synonyms: lupon, pulong, lipon, tipon, kabilugan

Derived terms

• ipag-ulupong
• mag-ulupong
• makipag-ulupong
• pag-ulupungan

 

Further reading

• “ulupong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier