kanuno-nunuan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kanunu-nunuan, kanunununuan — nonstandard

Etymology

From nuno +‎ ka- -an with full reduplication of nuno.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanuˌnoʔ nuˈnuʔan/ [kɐ.nʊˌnoʔ nʊˈnu.ʔɐn]
  • IPA^(key): (with glottal stop elision) /kanuˌno(ʔ) nuˈnuʔan/ [kɐ.nʊˌnoː nʊˈnu.ʔɐn]
• Rhymes: -uʔan
• Syllabification: ka‧nu‧no-nu‧nu‧an

Noun

kanunô-nunuan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜓᜈᜓᜈᜓᜈᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

1. primary ancestor; progenitor

Related terms

• kanunuan

 

Further reading

• “kanuno-nunuan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “kanunu-nunuan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018