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
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letra; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, endyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
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)
- the name of the Latin-script letter W/w, in the Filipino alphabet
- Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet) wa
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
Further reading
- “dobolyu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018