dukwang
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- docuang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dukˈwaŋ/, [dʊkˈwaŋ]
- Hyphenation: duk‧wang
Noun
dukwáng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔)
- act of reaching out by leaning one's body and stretching one's arms
- Synonyms: dunghal, dunghap
- distance reached by stretching one's arms and leaning one's body
Derived terms
- dukwangin
- dumukwang
- idukwang
- magdukwang
- mandukwang
- padukwang-dukwang
References
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 112: “DOCUANG. pp. alcanzar algo alargado el brazo”
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