kaniyugan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

caniyogan – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

From ka- +‎ niyog +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ka‧ni‧yu‧gan

IPA^(key): /kaniˈuɡan/, [kɐˈɲu.ɣɐn]

Noun

kaniyugan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜓᜄᜈ᜔)

(literary) place with plenty of coconut trees; coconut plantation
Synonym: niyugan

Derived terms

Caniogan

Further reading

Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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