alug-alog

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Hanunoo

Etymology

Reduplication of *alog (surprise).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʔaluɡ ˈʔaluɡ/
  • Rhymes: -aluɡ
  • Syllabification: a‧lug-a‧log

Interjection

alug-alog (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜳᜤ᜴ᜠᜮᜳᜤ᜴)

  1. an exclamation of surprise or wonderment
    Alug-alog tunda pag balay kay kadaka!
    That house is so amazingly large!

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 26