abuyan

Hanunoo

Etymology

From aboy +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbujan/ [ʔaˈbu.jɐn]
• Rhymes: -ujan
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧yan

Noun

abuyan (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜬᜨ᜴)

1. spouse

   Synonym: aboy

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