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Hanunoo
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈŋaw/
- Rhymes: -aw
- Syllabification: i‧ngaw
Noun
ingáw (Hanunoo spelling ᜡᜥᜯ᜴)
- mew; meow
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 45
Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
ingáw (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅᜏ᜔)
- meow
- Synonym: ngiyaw
- reverberating sound in covered spaces
- Synonym: hagunghong
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ingaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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