Hanunoo
Etymology
From a- + basad (“depth; interior”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔabaˈsad/ [ʔa.baˈsɐd]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧sad
Adjective
abasád (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜰᜧ᜴)
- deep
Abasad ti danom sitay.- The water is deep here.
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 18