alamano

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish a la mano (“by the hand”). Compare Kapampangan galamanu, Cebuano lamano, Waray-Waray lamano, and Maranao lamano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈmano/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈma.no]
  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧ma‧no

Noun

alamano

  1. handshake

Derived terms

  • agalamano

References

  • Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) “alamano”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎[1] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 20

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Alamannus. Doublet of alemão.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈmɐ̃.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈmɐ.no/
 

Noun

alamano m (plural alamanos)

  1. (historical) one of the Alemanni, a Germanic confederation
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