amihan

See also: Amihan

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qamihan, from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmihan/ [ʔaˈmi.han̪]
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmiʔan/ [ʔaˈmi.ʔan̪] (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧han
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

amíhan (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

  1. north
    Synonym: norte

Derived terms

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qamihan, from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmihan/ [ʔɐˈmi.hɐn̪]
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧han

Noun

amihan

  1. north wind

Derived terms

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qamihan, from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS-an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmihan/ [ʔɐˈmi.hɐn]
  • Rhymes: -ihan
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧han

Noun

amihan (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜲᜱᜨ᜴)

  1. northeast wind, that is usually gentle
  2. (by extension) northeast

See also

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 28
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qamiS-an”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qamihan, from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧han
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmihan/ [ʔaˈmi.han]

Noun

amíhan

  1. north wind

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qamihan, from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS-an. Compare Ilocano amian, Kapampangan amian, Bikol Central amihan, Cebuano amihan, Hiligaynon amihan, Amis amis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmihan/ [ʔɐˈmiː.hɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -ihan
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧han

Noun

amihan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

  1. northeast monsoon

Derived terms

  • amihanin
  • amihang-buhat-araw
  • amihang-magulang
  • amihang-mura
  • umamihan

See also

Further reading

  • amihan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qamiS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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