paniyo

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu. Compare Maguindanao penu, Malay penyu, Brunei Malay panyu, Balinese penyu, and Javanese ꦥꦼꦚꦸ (penyu).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paniˈoʔ/ [pɐˈɲoʔ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /paniˈoʔ/ [pɐˈn̪joʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • Syllabification: pa‧ni‧yo

Noun

paniyô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜒᜌᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. (large) turtle
    Synonym: pagong

Usage notes

  • Indicated as seldom used as early as 1860 in Vocabulario de la lengua tagala.

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