sakang

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧kang
  • IPA(key): /saˈkaŋ/ [saˈkaŋ]

Adjective

sakáng

  1. bow-legged

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ.

Adjective

sakáng

  1. bow-legged

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ. Cognate to Bikol Central sakang, Sambali sakang, and more distantly to Maori haka.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈkaŋ/ [sɐˈxaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: sa‧kang

Adjective

sakáng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜅ᜔)

  1. bow-legged
    Antonym: piki

See also

Noun

sakáng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜅ᜔)

  1. bowleggedness
  2. bow-legged person

Further reading

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

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