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Hanunoo
Etymology
From aka + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈkaʔan/
- Rhymes: -aʔan
- Syllabification: a‧ka‧an
Noun
akaan (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜠᜨ᜴)
- eldest sibling
- collective term for elder siblings
See also
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 23