sihang

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Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *səlaŋ with elision of /l/. Compare Bikol Central salang, Aklanon sueang, and Cebuano sulang.

Pronunciation

Noun

sihang (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜑᜅ᜔) (anatomy)

  1. jawbone; maxilla
    Synonym: panga
  2. (Marinduque) chin
    Synonym: baba

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sihang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*selaŋ₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI