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Tagalog
Etymology
Reduplication of nanay + -an
Noun
nanay-nanayan (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈᜌ᜔ᜈᜈᜌᜈ᜔)
- foster mother
- surrogate mother
- children's game where one of the players pretend to be one's mother
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