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Tagalog
Etymology
From dungaw + -an, from an initial reduplication of dungaw with allophonic lenition of /d/ to /ɾ/ between vowels.
Pronunciation
Noun
durungawan or dúrungawán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜅᜏᜈ᜔)
- (literary, archaic) window
- Synonyms: bintana, linib, dungawan, sungawan
- lookout point provided with railing or window-like structure
- Synonyms: mirador, banayaban
References
- “durungawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 596: “Ventana) Durung̃avan (pp) el gueco, ſalẽ de dung̃ao el paſado y este”