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Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈɡoj/ (“act of rocking; rocking motion”, noun)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔuɡoj/ (“slow movement in dancing; taxi dancer; prostitute”, noun)
- Syllabification: u‧goy
Noun
ugóy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜓᜌ᜔)
- act of rocking or swaying to and fro (of a swing, cradle, etc.)
- Synonyms: pag-ugoy, pag-uugoy, pag-undayon, pagtabyon
- rocking or swaying motion (of a swing, cradle, etc.)
- Synonyms: undayon, tabyon
Derived terms
Noun
ugoy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜓᜌ᜔)
- slow movement in dancing (like drag)
- Synonym: ugoy-ugoy
- taxi dancer
- Synonyms: ugoy-ugoy, baylarina, kabaretista
- prostitute
- Synonyms: ugoy-ugoy, puta, pokpok