dalunggan

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• dalonggan — obsolete
• dawunggan — Bohol, Southern Leyte
• dunggan — Metro Cebu

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 (Badlit spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔)

1. (anatomy) 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^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Hiligaynon

Noun

dalunggan

1. (anatomy) ear