wenggol

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from wango, a play on Cebuano lango (“drunk; dizzy; woozy”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋu, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋu (“dizzy, drunk”). See also Tagalog lango.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /weŋˈɡol/ [wɛŋˈɡol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: weng‧gol

Adjective

wenggól (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜎ᜔)

1. (slang) drunk; inebriated

   Synonyms: lasing, lango, barik, nakainom, (slang) senglot

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 156