kanya

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanja/ [ˈkɐn.ja]
• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: kan‧ya

Determiner

kanya (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜬ)

1. his/her

   Synonym: kay

   kanya (pag) tugda. ― his/her dibble

Pronoun

kanya (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴ᜬ)

1. his/hers

   Kanya tunda.

   That's his/hers.

2. to him/her; by him/her; of him/her

   Synonym: kay

   sabihon sa kanya ― tell him/her (literally, “Be told to him/her”)

See also

Hanunoo personal pronouns

Person	Number	Direct	Indirect	Oblique
First	singular	ako	niko	kangko, kang
	plural inclusive	kita	nita	kanta
	plural exclusive	kami	nimi	kanmi
Second	singular	kawo, ka	nimo	kanmo
	plural	kamo	niyo	kanyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kanya
	plural	sida	nida	kanda

• kay

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 140

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈja/ [kɐnˈɲa]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kanˈja/ [kɐn̪ˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kan‧ya

Pronoun

kanyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. alternative form of kaniya

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈjaʔ/ [kɐnˈɲaʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kanˈjaʔ/ [kɐn̪ˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: kan‧ya

Noun

kanyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌ) (obsolete)

1. menstruation

   Synonyms: regla, sapanahon

   May kanya na.

   The menstruation is here now.

Derived terms

• makanyaan

Further reading

• “kanya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• Yakan, kayan