kanya

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Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkanja/
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Syllabification: kan‧ya

Determiner

kanya (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜬ)

  1. his/her
    Synonym: kay
    kanya (pag) tugda. ― his/her dibble

Pronoun

kanya (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜬ)

  1. his/hers
    Kanya tunda.
    That's his/hers.
  2. to him/her; by him/her; of him/her
    Synonym: kay
    sabihon sa kanya ― tell him/her (literally, “Be told to him/her”)

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect Oblique
First singular ako niko kangko, kang
plural inclusive kita nita kanta
plural exclusive kami nimi kanmi
Second singular kawo, ka nimo kanmo
plural kamo niyo kanyo
Third singular siya niya kanya
plural sida nida kanda

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 140

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kanyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌ)

  1. Alternative form of kaniya

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