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Portuguese
Adjective
hunos
- masculine plural of huno
Noun
hunos
- plural of huno
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
hunos
- masculine plural of huno
Noun
hunos m pl
- plural of huno
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hunus / *huñus, from Proto-Austronesian *SuNus. Compare Malay hunus.
Pronunciation
Noun
hunos or hunós (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜈᜓᜐ᜔)
- shedding; molting (of reptiles and crustaceans)
- Synonyms: luno, pagluluno
- (obsolete) act of picking out something placed among other
- (obsolete) act of drawing lots
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Philippine *húnus. Compare Ilocano unos.
Pronunciation
Noun
hunós (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜈᜓᜐ᜔)
- tithe of harvested crop
- Synonyms: kabahagi, kaparte
- contribution or levy for support (of an institution)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “hunos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*SuNus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*huñus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*húnus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI