panganay

Cuyunon

Noun

panganay

1. firstborn child

Tagalog

Etymology

From pang- +‎ *anay. Compare Kapampangan pangane. The root *anay came from Proto-Southern Philippine *qanay (“first”). See Waray-Waray anay (“first; before”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈŋanaj/ [pɐˈŋaː.n̪aɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -anaj
• Syllabification: pa‧nga‧nay

Noun

panganay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜈᜌ᜔)

1. firstborn child

Derived terms

• pagkapanganay

 

See also

• bunso

 

Further reading

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