yugyog

Masbatenyo

Noun

yugyog

  1. act or manner of shaking

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *yugyúg (“to shake a tree and let down fruit”). Compare Ilocano yegyeg / yugyog, Masbatenyo yugyog, Bikol Central yugyog, Cebuano yugyog, and Tausug jugjug. See also Javanese ꦪꦺꦴꦒ꧀ (yog, “shaking”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /juɡˈjoɡ/ [jʊɡˈjoɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -oɡ
  • Syllabification: yug‧yog

Noun

yugyóg (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜌᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. act or manner of shaking something up and down (of tree branches, planks, etc.)
    Synonyms: uga, liglig, ig-ig, pagyugyog
  2. state or condition of being shaken up and down

Derived terms

  • pagyugyog
  • yugyugin
  • yumugyog

See also

Further reading

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