anilaw

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanilaw (cf. Malay nilau (Guioa pubescens)).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧law
  • IPA(key): /ʔaniˈlaw/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɪˈl̪aʊ̯]

Noun

aniláw

  1. Colona serratifolia

References

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanilaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈnilaw/ [ʔɐˈni.lɐw]
  • Rhymes: -ilaw
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧law

Noun

anilaw (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜲᜮᜯ᜴)

  1. a species of tree previously classified under the now obsolete family Tiliaceae

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 30

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanilaw (a tree; Grewia spp.), possibly via Cebuano. Compare Malay nilau (Guioa pubescens).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈnilaw/ [ʔɐˈn̪iː.laʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -ilaw
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧law

Noun

anilaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜎᜏ᜔) (botany)

  1. Colona serratifolia

Further reading

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

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