asoge

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azogue (“mercury”), from Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق‎ (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق‎ (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧so‧ge
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈsoɡe/, [ʔɐˈso.ɣɛ]

Noun

asoge (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜄᜒ)

  1. mercury
    Synonym: merkuryo

See also

Further reading
  • “asoge”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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