dugong
See also: Dugong
English

Dugong with a young
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: doo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈduɡɑŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo͞ʹgŏng, IPA(key): /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
dugong (plural dugongs)
- A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions.
- 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 37:
- “What are those things that aren’t seals? Much worse than seals. Big, blubbery things. Dugongs.”
Descendants
Translations
Dugong dugon
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See also
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- dugung
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ from Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: du‧gong
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.ɡɔ̃/, /dy.ɡɔ̃ɡ/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “dugong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduɡɔŋ/
- Hyphenation: du‧gong
- Rhymes: -ɡɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ
Noun
dugong (first-person possessive dugongku, second-person possessive dugongmu, third-person possessive dugongnya)
- dugong (Dugong dugon)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “dugong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /duɡoŋ/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /duɡʊŋ/
- Rhymes: -uɡoŋ, -ɡoŋ, -oŋ
Noun
dugong (Jawi spelling دوݢوڠ, plural dugong-dugong, informal 1st possessive dugongku, 2nd possessive dugongmu, 3rd possessive dugongnya)
- dugong (Dugong dugon)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “dugong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugonger, definite plural dugongene)
- a dugong
References
- “dugong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ (“sea cow; dugong”). Doublet of duyong.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduɡoŋ/, [ˈdu.ɣoŋ]
- Hyphenation: du‧gong
Further reading
- “dugong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Torres Strait Creole
Synonyms
- dhangal (western dialect)
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