dugong
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) enPR: doo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈduɡɑŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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
- Kriol: jugong
- → 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]
- → English: dugong
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 of 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]
Borrowed from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ (“sea cow; dugong”). Doublet of duyong.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈduɡoŋ/ [ˈdu.ɣoŋ]
- Rhymes: -uɡoŋ
- Syllabification: du‧gong
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)
- English terms borrowed from Cebuano
- English terms derived from Cebuano
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Dugongs and manatees
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Dugongs and manatees
- French terms derived from English
- French terms derived from Cebuano
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Dugongs and manatees
- Indonesian terms derived from English
- Indonesian terms derived from Cebuano
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɡɔŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɡɔŋ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɔŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɔŋ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ŋ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ŋ/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Requests for plural forms in Indonesian entries
- id:Dugongs and manatees
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay terms derived from Cebuano
- Malay doublets
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/uɡoŋ
- Rhymes:Malay/ɡoŋ
- Rhymes:Malay/oŋ
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Dugongs and manatees
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Cebuano
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Mammals
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Cebuano
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Mammals
- nn:Dugongs and manatees
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Cebuano
- Tagalog terms derived from Cebuano
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog doublets
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uɡoŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uɡoŋ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Dugongs and manatees
- Torres Strait Creole terms derived from English
- Torres Strait Creole terms derived from Cebuano
- Torres Strait Creole lemmas
- Torres Strait Creole nouns
- tcs:Dugongs and manatees