katuray

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *katúday. See also Chamorro katurai.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈtuɾaj/ [kɐˈt̪uː.ɾaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -uɾaj
  • Syllabification: ka‧tu‧ray

Noun

katuray (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜇᜌ᜔)

  1. vegetable hummingbird (Sesbania grandiflora)

Further reading

  • katuray”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*katúday”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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