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Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
agihon (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜑᜓᜈ᜔)
- sound of wild boar or a horse; grunt
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish aguijón, from Vulgar Latin *aquīleōnem, from *aquīleus, vulgar variant of acūleus (“prick, goad”).
Pronunciation
Noun
agihón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜑᜓᜈ᜔)
- goad (pointed stick used to prod animals)
- Synonym: panundot
- stinger (pointed portion of an insect)
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Further reading
- “agihon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968) Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 207
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 18