dalunggan

Cebuano

Alternative forms
  • dalonggan (obsolete)
  • dawunggan
  • dunggan

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522..

From dungog +‎ -l- +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: da‧lung‧gan
  • (General Cebuano)
  • IPA(key): /daluŋˈɡan/, [d̪ʌ.l̪ʊŋˈɡan̪]
  • (Metro Cebu, Northern Cebu, Masbate)
  • IPA(key): /duŋˈɡan/, [d̪ʊŋˈɡan̪]
  • (Bohol, Leyte)
  • IPA(key): /dawuŋˈɡan/, [d̪ʌwŋˈɡan̪]

Noun

dalunggán

  1. ear
  2. ear-like projections on the end of sacks formed when the mouth of the sack is tied up

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dalunggan.

References
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Hiligaynon

Noun

dalunggan

  1. (anatomy) ear
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