sihang

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *səlaŋ with elision of /l/. Compare Bikol Central salang, Aklanon sueang, and Cebuano sulang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsihaŋ/ [ˈsiː.hɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ihaŋ
• Syllabification: si‧hang

Noun

sihang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜑᜅ᜔) (anatomy)

1. jawbone; maxilla

   Synonym: panga

2. (Marinduque) chin

   Synonym: baba

Derived terms

• sihangan

Further reading

• “sihang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*selaŋ₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI