duyung noun English. Large marine mammals having teats, large lips for tearing aquatic plants and no dorsal fin. They attain a size of ca. 2.5 m., probably manatee, Scientific name. Dugong dugong Example sentence: Subanen. Kig duyung, melauni gininisanen: duyung getaw, duyung babuy, muka' kebayu'. English. There are many mer-creatures: mermen, mer-pigs, mer-horses. Cultural Note. The lower half of the dugong is believed to be fish and upper half animal or human, i.e. they are mer-creatures. duyung babuy noun English. A dugong perceived as a pig or other large mammal. duyung getaw noun English. A dugong perceived as half human, mermaid, -man. duyung kebayu' noun English. A dugong perceived as a giant seahorse. Generic. seda'