Hanunoo
Etymology
From anak + babayi, literally “female child”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˌnak baˈbaji/ [ʔɐˌnɐk baˈba.ji]
- Rhymes: -aji
- Syllabification: a‧nak ba‧ba‧yi
Noun
anák babayi (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜣ᜴ ᜪᜪᜬᜲ)
- daughter (female offspring)
- Coordinate term: anak lalaki
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 29