wenggol

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from wango, a play on Cebuano lango (“drunk; dizzy; woozy”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋu, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋu (“dizzy, drunk”). See also Tagalog lango.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /weŋˈɡol/ [wɛŋˈɡol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: weng‧gol

Adjective

wenggól (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. (slang) drunk; inebriated
    Synonyms: lasing, lango, barik, nakainom, (slang) senglot

Further reading

  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 156
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