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Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish a la mano (“by the hand”). Compare Kapampangan galamanu, Cebuano lamano, Waray-Waray lamano, and Maranao lamano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔalaˈmano/
- Hyphenation: a‧la‧ma‧no
Noun
alamano
- handshake
Derived terms
References
- Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “alamano”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 20
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Alamannus. Doublet of alemão.
Pronunciation
Noun
alamano m (plural alamanos)
- (historical) one of the Alemanni, a Germanic confederation