anwang

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanuaŋ, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔanˈwaŋ/ [ʔɐnˈwɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: an‧wang

Noun

anwáng (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨ᜴ᜯᜥ᜴)

1. tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)

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 32
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNuaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• anuang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• anuwang

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanuaŋ, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ. Compare Ilocano nuang, Hanunoo anwang, and Malay benuang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanˈwaŋ/ [ʔɐn̪ˈwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: an‧wang

Noun

anwáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔)

1. (now dialectal) carabao, water buffalo

   Synonyms: kalabaw, damulag

2. Kyllinga nemoralis (a type of sedge)

Derived terms

• duhat anwang
• muthang anwang
• pakong-anwang
• pang-anwang
• sungay-anwang
• tadyang-anwang

 

Further reading

• “anuwang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 125: “Bufalo) Anvang [(pc)] animal conocido”
  • page 145: “Carabao) Anvang [(pc)] animal conoçido y bueno de comer”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaNuaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI