dobolyu

Kankanaey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈdobolju/ [ˈdoː.bʊl.ju]
  • IPA^(key): (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /ˈdoborju/ [ˈdoː.bʊr.ju]
• Rhymes: -obolju, (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) -oborju
• Syllabification: do‧bol‧yu

Noun

dóbolyú

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, endyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdobolju/ [ˌd̪oː.bolˈju]
• Rhymes: -obolju
• Syllabification: do‧bol‧yu

Noun

dóbolyú (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter W/w, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abakada alphabet) wa

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Further reading

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