kanumay

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kanumi — Nueva Ecija
• kanumoy — Rizal

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kanúmay. Compare Ilocano kanumay and Cebuano kanomay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈnumaj/ [kɐˈnuː.maɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -umaj
• Syllabification: ka‧nu‧may

Noun

kanumay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜓᜋᜌ᜔)

1. Diospyros multiflora, a species of persimmon tree

Further reading

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