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

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
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