inambakan
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- + ambak + -an. Shortened from bayad inambakan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: i‧nam‧ba‧kan
Noun
[edit]inambakan
- one's gift to an unmarried older sibling as recompense for marrying ahead of them or failing to follow the correct sequence of marriage among siblings
Usage notes
[edit]Originally a tradition among old Chinese-Filipino families, now used mostly as a joke.