dangaw particle English. Unit of measurement, hand span, specified as dangaw buneg, from thumb to index finger; dangaw lantas, from thumb to middle finger; dangaw manisan,, from thumb to ring finger; dangaw kuyengkay, from thumb to little finger. Example sentence: Subanen. Dayun sa' metubus, luakan sug lupa' ditu tanda' nug beklug, betangan na dulugan. Kig dulugan kini, gayu, likes telu dangaw. English. Then, when finished, a hole is dug in the ground where the beklug platform is to place the dulugan log over. As for the dulugan, it's a tree, three handspans through the circumference.