ketongan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ketong +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /keˈtoŋan/ [kɛˈto.ŋɐn]
  • Rhymes: -oŋan
  • Syllabification: ke‧to‧ngan

Noun

ketongan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜆᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

  1. leprosarium
    Synonym: leprosaryo

Usage notes

The spelling does not reflect the change of ⟨o⟩ into ⟨u⟩ before a suffix, except the enclitics -g and -ng. See Appendix:Tagalog spellings.

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