dugong

See also: Dugong

English

Dugong with a young

Etymology

From Tagalog dugong, from Malay duyung.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: doo͞ʹgŏng, IPA^(key): /ˈduɡɑŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo͞ʹgŏng, IPA^(key): /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/

Noun

dugong (plural dugongs)

1. A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions. Dugong dugon.

Synonyms

• sea cow

Translations

Dugong dugon

• Afrikaans: doegong, doejong
• Arabic: أَطُوم‏‎ m (ʾaṭūm)
• Bulgarian: дюгон m (djugon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 儒艮 (rúgèn), 人魚 (zh), 人鱼 (zh) (rényú)

• Dutch: doejong m, Indische zeekoe f
• Esperanto: dugongo (eo)
• Finnish: dugongi (fi)
• French: vache marine (fr) f, dugong (fr) m
• German: Dugong, Meerkuh f
• Hawaiian: kūionoko
• Hebrew: תחש‏‎ (he) (takhash)
• Hiligaynon: duyong
• Ido: duyongo (io)
• Ilocano: duyong
• Indonesian: duyung (id), babi duyung (id), ikan duyung, dugong
• Italian: dugongo (it) m
• Japanese: ジュゴン (ja) (jugon)
• Javanese: ꦢꦸꦪꦸꦁ (duyung)

• Kala Lagaw Ya: dhangal
• Khmer: ជ្រូកទឹក (chruktœ̆k)
• Korean: 듀공 (dyugong)
• Malay:

  Jawi: دويوڠ‏‎, بابي دويوڠ‏‎, ايکن دويوڠ‏‎, دوݢوڠ‏‎

  Rumi: duyung (ms), babi duyung, ikan duyung, dugong

• Malayalam: കടൽപ്പശു (kaṭalppaśu)
• Meriam: deger
• Navajo: táłtłʼááh ayání
• Portuguese: dugongo m
• Romanian: dugong (ro) m
• Russian: дюго́нь (ru) m (djugónʹ)
• Spanish: dugongo m
• Swahili: nguva
• Tagalog: dugong
• Tamil: ஆவுளியா (āvuḷiyā), கடல் பசு (kaṭal pacu)
• Thai: พะยูน (pá-yuun)
• Tiwi: jimayi, yinjimayi, marntuwunyini, martuwunyini
• Wolof: leraw bi

See also

• manatee

Anagrams

• gun dog, gundog

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French

Etymology

From English dugong, from Tagalog dugong, from Malay duyung.

Noun

dugong m (plural dugongs)

1. dugong

External links

• “dugong” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English dugong, from Tagalog dugong, from Malay duyung.

Alternative forms

• duyung

Noun

dugong

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung
• ikan duyung

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Malay

Etymology

From English dugong, from Tagalog dugong, from Malay duyung.

Alternative forms

• duyung
• دويوڠ‏
• دوݢوڠ‏

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /duɡoŋ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /duɡʊŋ/
• Rhymes: -uɡoŋ, -ɡoŋ, -oŋ

Noun

dugong (Jawi spelling دوݢوڠ)

1. dugong (Dugong dugon)

Synonyms

• babi duyung / بابي دويوڠ‏
• ikan duyung / ايکن دويوڠ‏

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Tagalog

Etymology

Malay duyung

Noun

dugong

1. dugong

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English dugong, from Tagalog dugong, from Malay duyung.

Noun

dugong

1. dugong, Dugong dugon

Synonyms

• dhangal (western dialect)