anak sa hulaw

Cebuano

Etymology

Literally, “child of drought (dry and lean times)”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˌnak sa ˈhulaw/ [ʔɐˌn̪ak s̪ɐ ˈhu.l̪ɐʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: a‧nak‧sa‧hu‧law

Noun

anák sa hulaw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜑᜓᜎᜏ᜔)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) a short person

   Synonym: putot

References

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, page 42