alembong

Tagalog

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *alem- (“intensifier something disclosed or expression of change”) + *bong (“concealing, hindering, or inhibiting something”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlemboŋ/ [ʔɐˈlɛm.boŋ]
  • Rhymes: -emboŋ
  • Syllabification: a‧lem‧bong

Noun

alembong (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔) (slang)

  1. girl with a flirtatious reputation; flirt; coquette
    Synonyms: harot, kiri, hitad, latod
  2. flirtation
    Synonym: ligaw-biro

Adjective

alembong (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔) (slang)

  1. flirtatious
    Synonyms: malandi, maharot, talipandas, magatod, malantod, haliparot, handak, malimbay, talandi

Derived terms
  • alembungan
  • kaalembungan
  • makipag-alembungan
  • pag-alembong
  • pakikipag-alembungan
  • umalembong

See also

References
  1. The East-West Review‎, volumes 2-3, Doshisha University, Department of English, 1965, page 280

Further reading
  • “alembong” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “alembong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 3
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