abuwat

Hanunoo

Alternative forms

• abwat

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abuat (“long (of objects)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔabuˈwat/ [ʔa.buˈɐt]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧wat

Adjective

abuwát (plural arabwat, Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜯᜦ᜴)

1. tall; high

Noun

abuwát (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜯᜦ᜴)

1. height

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 19
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abuat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI