udyong

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Malay ujung, variant of hujung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzuŋ (“mountain peak, cape of land; tip of anything”). Compare Asi odyong.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔudˈjoŋ/ [ʔʊdˈd͡ʒoŋ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔudˈjoŋ/ [ʔʊd̪ˈjoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Syllabification: ud‧yong

Noun

udyóng (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. end; tip; extremity
    Synonyms: dulo, duyo
  2. (by extension) arrowhead
    Synonym: palaso

See also

Further reading

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

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