akos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "akos"

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakos/ [ˈʔa.kos]
  • Hyphenation: a‧kos

Noun

ákos (Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜐ᜔) (dialectal)

  1. child; kid
    Synonym: aki
  2. (by extension) baby; infant
    Synonym: umboy

Adjective

ákos (plural arakos, intensified akoson, plural intensified arakoson, Basahan spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜐ᜔) (dialectal)

  1. young; junior
    Synonyms: aki, hoben
    Antonym: gurang
  2. naive (too young)
    Synonym: inosente

Derived terms

See also

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈkus/ [ʔaˈkos]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: a‧kos

Noun

akós (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜳᜰ᜴)

  1. rattan strips dyed red
  2. loose coils of red-dyed halved rattan strips worn like a girdle about the hips by women primarily for decorative purposes

Usage notes

  • In districts farther south, the coils serve as a small unit value of exchange.

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
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