tudlong-dato

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === todlong dato, torlong dato — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling tudlog-dato tudlong-datu, tudlung-dato === Etymology === Borrowed from Cebuano tudlong dato (literally “rich person's finger”). See also Cebuano tudlo dato. Equivalent to turo +‎ -ng- +‎ dato. The banana was named as such because it resembled a finger. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tudˌloŋ ˈdatoʔ/ [t̪ʊd̪ˌl̪on̪ ˈd̪aː.t̪oʔ] Rhymes: -atoʔ Syllabification: tud‧long-da‧to === Noun === tudlóng-datò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ) (botany) lady finger banana (diploid cultivar of the wild banana Musa acuminata) Synonyms: tudlong-binukot, galamay-senyora, daliring-senyora ==== See also ==== === Further reading === Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.