abuwat

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abuat (“long (of objects)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔabuˈwat/ [ʔa.buˈɐt]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: a‧bu‧wat

Adjective

abuwát (plural arabwat, Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜯᜦ᜴)

  1. tall; high

Noun

abuwát (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜯᜦ᜴)

  1. height

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 19
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abuat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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