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==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
{{ety|ceb|:bor|es:esponja|text=+|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ceb-IPA}}
* {{hyph|ceb|es|pong|ha}}

===Noun===
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# [[sponge]]
# [[powder puff]]

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{ety|tl|:bor|es:esponja|tree=1|text=++}} See also {{m|tl|funggus}} and {{m|tl|onggo}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{tl-noun|b=+}}

# [[sponge]]
#* {{RQ:tl:ADB1905|Mateo|27|48|At pagkaraka'y tumakbo ang isa sa kanila, at kumuha ng isang '''espongha''', at binasa ng suka, saka inilagay sa isang tambo, at ipinainom sa kaniya.|And straightway one of them ran, and took a '''sponge''', and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.}}
#* {{quote-book|tl|year=2001|publisher=Rex Bookstore, Inc.|title=Retorikang Pangkolehiyo|isbn=9712330087|page=98|text=Sapagkat ang isang nagsusulat ay kailangang parang isang '''espongha''' na humihigop ng tubig sa kanyang paligid.|t=Because the one who writes should be like a '''sponge''' that absorbs the water from its surroundings.}}
#* {{quote-journal|tl|year=2006|title=Espongha—Simple Pero Kamangha-mangha|magazine=Gumising!|url=https://wol.jw.org/tl/wol/d/r27/lp-tg/102006168|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910122139if_/https://wol.jw.org/tl/wol/d/r27/lp-tg/102006168|archivedate=10 Sep 2020|text=“Ang mga '''espongha''' ang pinakamatanda at pinakamababang uri ng hayop,” ang sabi ng ''National Geographic News''. Kaya nga iniisip ng ilan na ang sinaunang '''espongha''' ang ninuno ng mga hayop at tao sa teoriya ng ebolusyon.|t=“'''Sponges''' occupy the oldest and lowest branch on the animal family tree,” states ''National Geographic News''. This has led some individuals to speculate that an ancient '''sponge''' was the evolutionary ancestor of animals and humans.}}
# [[powder puff]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|tl|esponghada}}
* {{l|tl|esponghado}}
* {{l|tl|esponghera}}
* {{l|tl|esponghoso}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}

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