dobolyu

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog dobolyu, from English double-u, the English name of the letter W/w.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdobolju/ [ˈdoː.bʊl.ju]
    • Rhymes: -obolju
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /ˈdoborju/ [ˈdoː.bʊr.ju]
    • Rhymes: -oborju
  • Syllabification: do‧bol‧yu

Noun

dóbolyú

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

See also

References

  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English double-u, the English name of the letter W / w.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌdobolˈju/ [ˌd̪oː.bolˈju]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: do‧bol‧yu

Noun

dóbolyú (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter W/w, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet) wa

See also

Further reading

  • dobolyu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018