langew
Phonetic
[lăʔŋə́wʔ]
English: Translation
housefly; ordinary fly. A common, medium-small fly frequently found in houses, kitchens, animal enclosures, refuse areas, and places where food or organic matter is exposed. It typically settles on food, utensils, people, walls, and other surfaces and may breed in manure, garbage, spoiled food, and moist decomposing material. fly
Filipino: Translation
langaw
Semantic Domain
Insects and small creatures
Notes
langew n.
The term ordinarily refers to the familiar housefly and may also function as the general or unmarked name for common flies. It contrasts with bowangew, the traditional name for a much larger, heavier-bodied fly that only occasionally enters houses.
Scientific identification: ordinarily the common housefly, Musca domestica, although the vernacular term may include similar-looking household flies.
Etymology: Cognate with Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and other Philippine langaw ‘fly; housefly,’ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋaw ‘fly; housefly or large carrion-associated fly.’
Compare: bowangew ‘large fly, probably a blowfly, bottle fly, or similar robust fly.’