musang
musáng with stress marks
Asian palm civet; civet coffee
Usage Note
Musang is the Asian palm civet, a small nocturnal mammal common in Philippine forests and sometimes found near human settlements. It is internationally famous as the animal behind kape alamid — coffee beans eaten and excreted by civets to produce a prized gourmet brew.
Examples
" May musang sa puno. "
Natural Translation
There is a civet in the tree.
Literal Translation
There-is civet in tree.
" Nakita ko ang isang musang na naglalakad sa bubong kagabi. "
Natural Translation
I saw a civet walking on the roof last night.
Literal Translation
Saw I the one civet that walking on roof last-night.
" Mahal ang kape alamid dahil ang mga buto nito ay galing sa mga musang na kumakain ng pinakahinog na bunga ng kape. "
Natural Translation
Civet coffee is expensive because its beans come from the civets that eat the ripest coffee cherries.
Literal Translation
Expensive the coffee alamid because the plural seed of-it is from the plural civet that eating of most-ripe [na] fruit of-the coffee.
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