dobolyu

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Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog dobolyu, from English double-u, the English name of the letter W/w.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈdobolju/ [ˈdoː.bʊl.ju]
  • Rhymes: -obolju
  • Syllabification: do‧bol‧yu

Noun

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dóbolyú

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English double-u, the English name of the letter W/w.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dóbolyú (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter W/w, in the Filipino alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet) wa

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Further reading

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  • dobolyu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018