akaan

Hanunoo

Etymology

From aka +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkaʔan/ [ʔaˈka.ʔɐn]
• Rhymes: -aʔan
• Syllabification: a‧ka‧an

Noun

akaan (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜠᜨ᜴)

1. eldest sibling
2. collective term for elder siblings

See also

• panganay

 

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 23