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Hanunoo
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *baququ (“tortoise, land turtle”). Compare Kapampangan pau, Bikol Central baoo, Cebuano bao, Maranao bao'o, and Tausug bauu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈʔuʔu/
- Rhymes: -uʔu
- Syllabification: pa‧o‧o
Noun
paoo (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜢᜢ)
- a common land turtle
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 201