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Tagalog
Etymology
From tagok + -an, from an initial reduplication of tagok.
Pronunciation
Noun
tatagukán or tatágúkan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜄᜓᜃᜈ᜔)
- (anatomy) Adam's apple
- Synonyms: gulung-gulungan, lalagukan
- (anatomy) throat
- Synonyms: lalamunan, lagukan, lalagukan, titigukan
- (anatomy, neologism) larynx
- Synonym: laringhe
References
- del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL