ponkan

English

Alternative forms

• poncan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).

Noun

ponkan (plural ponkans)

1. A sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).

Japanese

Romanization

ponkan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ポンかん
2. Rōmaji transcription of ポンカン

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pongkan

Etymology

Borrowed from English ponkan, from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpoŋkan/ [ˈpoːŋ.kɐn]
• Rhymes: -oŋkan
• Syllabification: pon‧kan

Noun

ponkan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔)

1. ponkan (Citrus poonensis, a species of citrus fruit, similar to a tangerine (fruit), mandarin orange, orange)
2. (colloquial) tangerine (fruit); mandarin orange; orange (fruit)

   Synonyms: tangherina, mandarin, kahel, narangha

See also

• dalandan
• dalanghita
• kahel
• kalamansi
• kiat-kiat
• narangha

 

Further reading

• “ponkan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018