kaniyugan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• caniyogan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From niyog +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaniˈuɡan/ [kɐˈɲuː.ɣɐn̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /kaniˈuɡan/ [kɐˈn̪juː.ɣɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -uɡan
• Syllabification: ka‧ni‧yu‧gan

Noun

kaniyugan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜓᜄᜈ᜔)

1. (literary) place with plenty of coconut trees; coconut plantation

   Synonym: niyugan

Derived terms

• Caniogan

 

Further reading

• 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