lamon
lamón with stress marks
voracious eating; gorging
Usage Note
Lamon describes eating in large, fast, unrestrained amounts — gorging rather than dining. It is informal and often used humorously or critically. 'Nilamon' can also mean 'devoured' in a figurative sense, as in a fire consuming a structure or a person being overwhelmed by work.
Examples
" Naglalamon agad ang bata. "
Natural Translation
The child gorges right away.
Literal Translation
Gorging immediately the child.
" Ang lamon ng bata sa handaan ay mabilis. "
Natural Translation
The child's voracious eating at the feast was fast.
Literal Translation
The voracious-eating of child at feast is fast.
" Sa sobrang lamon niya sa salu-salo, hindi na siya makagalaw nang umuwi sila kinagabihan. "
Natural Translation
Because he gorged so much at the gathering, he could barely move when they went home that evening.
Literal Translation
At too-much gorging his at gathering, no longer he can-move when went-home they that-evening.
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