dugong
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) enPR: doo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈduɡɑŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
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Noun edit
dugong (plural dugongs)
- A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions.
- 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 37:
- “What are those things that aren’t seals? Much worse than seals. Big, blubbery things. Dugongs.”
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: dugongi
- → French: dugong
- → Indonesian: dugong
- → Italian: dugongo
- → Malay: dugong
- → Portuguese: dugongo
- Torres Strait Creole: dugong
- → Welsh: dwgong
Translations edit
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ from Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: du‧gong
Noun edit
dugong
- a dugong
Descendants edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dugong m (plural dugongs)
Further reading edit
- “dugong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dugong (first-person possessive dugongku, second-person possessive dugongmu, third-person possessive dugongnya)
- dugong (Dugong dugon)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “dugong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong. Doublet of duyung.
Pronunciation edit
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /duɡoŋ/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /duɡʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -uɡoŋ, -ɡoŋ, -oŋ
Noun edit
dugong (Jawi spelling دوݢوڠ, plural dugong-dugong, informal 1st possessive dugongku, 2nd possessive dugongmu, 3rd possessive dugongnya)
- dugong (Dugong dugon)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “dugong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Noun edit
dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugonger, definite plural dugongene)
- a dugong
References edit
- “dugong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Noun edit
dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugongar, definite plural dugongane)
- a dugong
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ (“sea cow; dugong”). Doublet of duyong.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dugong (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “dugong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Torres Strait Creole edit
Etymology edit
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Noun edit
dugong
Synonyms edit
- dhangal (western dialect)