sangag

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧ngag

Verb

sangag

  1. to dry roast seeds, nuts or grains

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋəlaʀ (“to stir-fry, cook in a frying pan without oil”). Compare Bikol Central sanglag, Hiligaynon sanlag, Cebuano sanglag, Indonesian sangrai, and Malay selar. Doublet of sanglay. See also sanglal.

Pronunciation

Noun

sangág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅᜄ᜔)

  1. frying of rice
    Synonym: pagsasangag
  2. roasting of popcorn, coffee, etc., usually without oil
    Synonym: pagsasangag

Derived terms

Adjective

sangág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅᜄ᜔)

  1. roasted; toasted
    Synonyms: sinangag, tostado, tinosta

Further reading

  • “sangag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saŋelaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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