durungawan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dorong̃auan, durung̃avan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• dudungawan

Etymology

From dungaw +‎ -an, from an initial reduplication of dungaw with allophonic lenition of /d/ to /ɾ/ between vowels.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /duɾuˈŋawan/ [d̪ʊ.ɾʊˈŋaː.wɐn̪], /ˌduɾuŋaˈwan/ [ˌd̪uː.ɾʊ.ŋɐˈwan̪]
• Rhymes: -awan, -an
• Syllabification: du‧ru‧nga‧wan

Noun

durungawan or dúrungawán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜅᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (literary, archaic) window

   Synonyms: bintana, linib, dungawan, sungawan

2. lookout point provided with railing or window-like structure

   Synonyms: mirador, banayaban

References

• “durungawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 596: “Ventana) Durung̃avan (pp) el gueco, ſalẽ de dung̃ao el paſado y este”