alay-ay

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlajʔaj/ [ʔaˈlɐj.ʔɐj]
• Rhymes: -ajʔaj
• Syllabification: a‧lay-ay

Noun

alay-ay (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜬ᜴ᜠᜬ᜴)

1. holding back a spear ready for hurling

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 24