kaniyugan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- caniyogan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaniˈuɡan/ [kɐˈɲuː.ɣɐn̪]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kaniˈuɡan/ [kɐˈn̪juː.ɣɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -uɡan
- Syllabification: ka‧ni‧yu‧gan
Noun
kaniyugan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜓᜄᜈ᜔)
- (literary) place with plenty of coconut trees; coconut plantation
- Synonym: niyugan
Derived terms
Further reading
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier