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Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sunuʀ.
Verb
sunog
- to burn
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sunuʀ.
Pronunciation
Noun
sunog
- a fire; the occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger
- a forest fire
Adjective
sunog
- burned; burnt; charred
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sunuʀ. Compare Aklanon sunog, Cebuano sunog, Mansaka sonog, Tausug sunug, and Tetum sunu.
May be related to descendants of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunu. Compare Malay tunu.
Pronunciation
Noun
sunog (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔)
- fire; conflagration (especially uncontrolled and destructive)
- Synonym: silab
- act of burning something
- Synonym: pagsunog
Derived terms
See also
Interjection
sunog (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔)
- fire!; there's a fire!
Adjective
sunóg (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔)
- burnt completely; burnt to ashes
- sunburned
- (figuratively, slang) defeated
- Synonyms: taob, supalpal, panis, barado
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sunog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sunuR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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