paoo

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baququ (“tortoise, land turtle”). Compare Kapampangan pau, Bikol Central baoo, Cebuano bao, Maranao bao'o, and Tausug bauu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈʔuʔu/ [paˈʔu.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -uʔu
• Syllabification: pa‧o‧o

Noun

paoo (Hanunoo spelling ᜩᜢᜢ)

1. a common land turtle

Related terms

• kamaoo

 

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 201