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Latest comment: 8 years ago by Carl Francis in topic origin

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Given the presence of a w in the word, a Spanish origin seems far more probable. --Romanophile (contributions) 08:29, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

u in Cebuano is always a vowel. uw or w replaces the u in a foreign word depending on the pronunciation.
English
graduate -> gradyuweyt, simplified to -> gradweyt
equal -> ekwal
Spanish
guano -> guwano
iguales -> igwales
Plus, sex, sexual, and sexuality are recent words and mostly used by the younger people and usually spelled with their English spellings. Cebuano-language writers insist though on using a Cebuano spelling. Carl Francis (talk) 18:49, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply