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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *səʀʔaŋ (“cook rice; firestones; trivet”). Compare Botolan Sambal soyang, Kapampangan asiang, Cebuano sug-ang, and Western Bukidnon Manobo sigang.
Pronunciation
Noun
sigáng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜅ᜔)
- placing of a cooking utensil on a stove or fire (prior to cooking)
- Synonyms: salang, pagsasalang, pagsisigang
- anything being cooked in a pot or in any cooking utensil (on a stove or over a fire)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sigang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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