udyong

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Malay ujung, variant of hujung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzuŋ (“mountain peak, cape of land; tip of anything”). Compare Asi odyong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔudˈjoŋ/ [ʔʊˈd͡ʒoŋ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔudˈjoŋ/ [ʔʊd̪ˈjoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: ud‧yong

Noun

udyóng (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔)

1. end; tip; extremity

   Synonyms: dulo, duyo

2. (by extension) arrowhead

   Synonym: palaso

Related terms

• Odiongan

 

See also

• Orion

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• duyong