hunghang
التعريفات والمعاني
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Hokkien 風譀 / 风𰶆 (hong-hàm), according to Manuel (1948).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /huŋˈhaŋ/ [hʊŋˈhaŋ]
Rhymes: -aŋ
Syllabification: hung‧hang
=== Adjective ===
hungháng (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔)
(colloquial, offensive) doltish; stupid; foolish; brainless; senseless
Synonyms: estupido, tanga, mangmang, torpe, tonto, gunggong
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
hungháng (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔)
(colloquial, offensive) stupid fellow
act of making a fool of someone
Synonym: pang-uulol
=== Further reading ===
“hunghang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“hunghang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 25