ampaw
Cebuano
Etymology
Uncertain. Either:
- From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampaw (“empty husk (of rice, etc.)”) according to the Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (Blust and Trussel 2010-2020) [1], or.
- From Chinese according to the Pambansang Diksiyonaryo of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino [2].
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: am‧paw
References
- Robert Blust; Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- “ampaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Either:
- From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampaw (“empty husk (of rice, etc.)”) according to the Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (Blust and Trussel 2010-2020).[1]
- From Chinese according to the Diksyunaryo-tesauro Pilipino-Ingles by José Villa Panganiban and the Pambansang Diksiyonaryo by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino.[2]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: am‧paw
- IPA(key): /ʔamˈpaw/, [ʔɐmˈpaʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -au
Alternative forms
- angpao
- ampao
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: am‧paw
- IPA(key): /ˈʔampaw/, [ˈʔam.paʊ̯]
References
- Robert Blust; Stephen Trussel (2010-) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- “ampaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
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