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Hanunoo
Etymology
From aboy + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈbujan/
- Rhymes: -ujan
- Syllabification: a‧bu‧yan
Noun
abuyan (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜬᜨ᜴)
- spouse
- Synonym: aboy
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 19