abukanin

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abocanin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From abukan +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabuˈkanin/ [ʔɐ.bʊˈxaː.nɪn]
• Rhymes: -anin
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧ka‧nin

Noun

abukanin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜃᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. homeless pauper

   Synonyms: pulubi, dukha, maralita, pobre

Further reading

• “abukanin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier