# dugong
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano dugong.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: doo͞ʹgŏng, IPA: /ˈduɡɑŋ/
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dyoo͞ʹgŏng, IPA: /ˈdjuːɡɒŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

dugong (plural dugongs)
* A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions.
    Synonyms: sea cow, sea pig
** 1914, Marcus W. Millett, Jungle Sport in Ceylon from Elephant to Snipe, page 84:The Ceylong dugong is an extraordinary and interesting animal which is often seen on the coast. It is plentiful in and about the Gulf of Manaar, and resembles somewhat a huge, thickly-made, bluff-headed seal.
** 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.”

#### Derived terms

* dugongine

#### Descendants

* Australian Kriol: jugong
* Torres Strait Creole: dugong
* → Finnish: dugongi
* → French: dugong
* → Indonesian: dugong
* → Italian: dugongo
* → Malay: dugong
* → Portuguese: dugongo
* → Welsh: dwgong
* → Japanese: 儒艮
* → Chinese: 儒艮 (rúgèn)

#### Translations
### See also

* manatee

### Anagrams

* gun dog, gundog

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* dugung

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ from Proto-Austronesian *duyuŋ.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: du‧gong

### Noun

dugong
* a dugong

#### Descendants

* → English: dugong
** Australian Kriol: jugong
** Torres Strait Creole: dugong
** → Finnish: dugongi
** → French: dugong
** → Indonesian: dugong
** → Italian: dugongo
** → Malay: dugong
** → Portuguese: dugongo
** → Welsh: dwgong
** → Japanese: 儒艮
** → Chinese: 儒艮 (rúgèn)
* → Tagalog: dugong

## French
### Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dy.ɡɔ̃/, /dy.ɡɔ̃ɡ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dugong m (plural dugongs)
* dugong

### Further reading

* “dugong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* duyung

### Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduɡɔŋ/
* Hyphenation: du‧gong
* Rhymes: -ɡɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ

### Noun

dugong (plural dugong-dugong)
* dugong (Dugong dugon)

#### Synonyms

* babi duyung
* ikan duyung

### 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
### Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong. Doublet of duyung.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

dugong (Jawi spelling دوݢوڠ, plural dugong-dugong, informal 1st possessive dugongku, 2nd possessive dugongmu, 3rd possessive dugongnya)
* Alternative form of duyung

### Further reading

* “dugong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

### Noun

dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugonger, definite plural dugongene)
* a dugong

### References

* “dugong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

### Noun

dugong m (definite singular dugongen, indefinite plural dugongar, definite plural dugongane)
* a dugong

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano dugong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ (“sea cow; dugong”). Doublet of duyong.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈduɡoŋ/ [ˈd̪uː.ɣoŋ]
* Rhymes: -uɡoŋ
* Syllabification: du‧gong

### Noun

dugong (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔)
* dugong
    Synonym: duyong

### Further reading

* “dugong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.

### Noun

dugong
* dugong, Dugong dugon

#### Synonyms

* dhangal (western dialect)