anwang

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Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanuaŋ, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔanˈwaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: an‧wang

Noun

anwáng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨ᜴ᜯᜥ᜴)

  1. tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)

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 32
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNuaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanuaŋ, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ. Compare Ilocano nuang, Hanunoo anwang, and Malay benuang.

Pronunciation

Noun

anwáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔)

  1. (now dialectal) carabao, water buffalo
    Synonyms: kalabaw, damulag
  2. Kyllinga nemoralis (a type of sedge)

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