Etymology

kangkong

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Today it means: Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica), grown for food in parts of Southeast Asia. Full definition →

Tagalog kangkong ← Indonesian kangkung
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The story

  1. Indonesian · borrowed fromkangkung
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromkangkong
  3. English todaykangkong

From Tagalog kangkong and Indonesian kangkung.

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