sangag

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧ngag

Verb

sangag

  1. to dry roast seeds, nuts or grains

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋəlaʀ (to stir-fry, cook in a frying pan without oil). Compare Bikol Central sanglag, Hiligaynon sanlag, Cebuano sanglag, Indonesian sangrai, and Malay selar. Doublet of sanglay. See also sanglal.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈŋaɡ/ [sɐˈŋaɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: sa‧ngag

Noun

sangág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅᜄ᜔)

  1. frying of rice
    Synonym: pagsasangag
  2. roasting of popcorn, coffee, etc., usually without oil
    Synonym: pagsasangag

Derived terms

Adjective

sangág (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅᜄ᜔)

  1. roasted; toasted
    Synonyms: sinangag, tostado, tinosta

Further reading

  • sangag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saŋelaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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