lelong

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama)

Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām)bor.

Portuguese leilãobor.

Malay lelong

Borrowed from Portuguese leilão, borrowed from Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām), from أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama).

Noun

lelong (Jawi spelling ليلوڠ, plural lelong-lelong, informal 1st possessive lelongku, 2nd possessive lelongmu, 3rd possessive lelongnya)

1. auction (public sales event)
2. (Pontianak) thrift shop

Descendants

• Indonesian: lelang
• → Min Nan: 黎壟 / 黎垄 (lê-lóng)

Further reading

• “lelong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly a colloquial clipping of Spanish abuelo (“grandfather”) +‎ -ng. See also lelang, ninong, ninang, manong, manang, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈleloŋ/ [ˈlɛː.loŋ]
• Rhymes: -eloŋ
• Syllabification: le‧long

Noun

lelong (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

1. grandfather

   Synonyms: lolo, ingkong, mamay, apo, (dialectal) amama, (archaic) abwelo, (archaic) agwelo

   • 1907, Sofronion G. Calderon, Dating Pilipinas:

     Ang pang̃alan ng pangulo sa bawat balangay ay Dato na ang kahulugan sa wikang Malaya (ani Dr. de Tavera ay nuno ó lelong ano pa ng̃a't dito'y ating mapagninilay na ang ayos sa pámunuan ay isang pamumuno sa gulang̃an.

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Coordinate terms

• lelang

 

Derived terms

• lelong-tanda

Related terms

• abwelo
• agwelo

 

Further reading

• “lelong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• 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 36
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5

Anagrams

• Loleng