dugong
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Dugong with a young
See also: Dugong
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: doo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈduɡɑŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
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
- Australian Kriol: jugong
- Torres Strait Creole: dugong
- → Finnish: dugongi
- → French: dugong
- → Indonesian: dugong
- → Italian: dugongo
- → Malay: dugong
- → Portuguese: dugongo
- → Welsh: dwgong
- → Japanese: 儒艮
- → Chinese: 儒艮 (rúgèn)
Translations
Dugong dugon
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See also
Anagrams
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ from Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: du‧gong
Noun
dugong
- a dugong
Descendants
French
Etymology
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Pronunciation
Noun
dugong m (plural dugongs)
Further reading
- “dugong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Pronunciation
Noun
dugong (first-person possessive dugongku, second-person possessive dugongmu, third-person possessive dugongnya)
- dugong (Dugong dugon)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong. Doublet of duyung.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /duɡoŋ/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /duɡʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -uɡoŋ, -ɡoŋ, -oŋ
Noun
dugong (Jawi spelling دوݢوڠ, plural dugong-dugong, informal 1st possessive dugongku, 2nd possessive dugongmu, 3rd possessive dugongnya)
- Alternative form of duyung
Further reading
- “dugong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Noun
dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugonger, definite plural dugongene)
- a dugong
References
- “dugong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Noun
dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugongar, definite plural dugongane)
- a dugong
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ (“sea cow; dugong”). Doublet of duyong.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈduɡoŋ/
- Rhymes: -uɡoŋ
- Syllabification: du‧gong
Noun
dugong (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔)
Further reading
- “dugong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.
Noun
dugong
Synonyms
- dhangal (western dialect)