Where does “dugong” come from?
dugong (English) comes from Tagalog dugong, from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.
dugong (English): A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the...
Definitions
- A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the...
Ancestry of “dugong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dugong | dugong |
| 2 | Cebuano | dugong | a dugong |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *duyuŋ | — |
Words derived from “dugong”