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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay duyung.
Pronunciation
Noun
duyung (first-person possessive duyungku, second-person possessive duyungmu, third-person possessive duyungnya)
- dugong (Dugong dugon)
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Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ from Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ. Doublet of dugong.
Pronunciation
Noun
duyung (Jawi spelling دويوڠ, plural duyung-duyung, informal 1st possessive duyungku, 2nd possessive duyungmu, 3rd possessive duyungnya)
- dugong (Dugong dugon)
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Descendants
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “دويڠ doejoeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 129
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “دويڠ duyong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 304
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “duyong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 96
Further reading
Tausug
Noun
duyung
- dugong