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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /putˈjukan/
- Hyphenation: put‧yu‧kan
Noun
putyúkan (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜌᜓᜃᜈ᜔)
- Alternative spelling of putyokan
Cebuano
Etymology
From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *patiukan (“kind of honeybee”). Compare Pangasinan potiokan, Kapampangan pukiutan / putiukan, Tagalog pukyutan, Asi pudyukan, Romblomanon putyūkan, Bikol Central putyokan, Western Bukidnon Manobo petiyukan, Tausug pussukan, Sangil patiukang, Sangir katiupang, Mongondow pasukan, and Central Dusun potiukan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /putˈjukan/
- Hyphenation: put‧yu‧kan
Noun
putyukan (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜌᜓᜃᜈ᜔)
- honeybee
- the giant honey bee (Apis dorsata)