anak sa liking kawayan
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “child of the split bamboo culm”. Probably from several Philippine origin stories similar to Si Malakas at si Maganda whose titular characters emerged when a bird accidentally split a bamboo culm.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧nak‧sa‧li‧king‧ka‧wa‧yan
Noun edit
- (idiomatic) an illegitimate child; a child born out of wedlock
- (by extension) a child of unknown origin; an orphan