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dagan

Pronunciation: /ˈdaɡan/

“dagan” is a Cebuano word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. run; dash
  2. speed; velocity
  3. flow; circulation (of traffic, of a system, etc.)
  4. performance (of equipment)
  5. time elapsed during which something happened

verb

  1. to run; to jog
  2. to run; to function
  3. to run for office
  4. to run for help
  5. to run; to extend in space or time
  6. to run (be a candidate in election)

Etymology

From earlier dalagan, from Proto-Bisayan *dalagan, from Proto-Central Philippine *dalagan, from Proto-Philippine *dalagan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalagan. Cognate to Central Bikol dalagan. The sense “to function” and “to be a candidate in election” is a semantic loan from English run.

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