perres

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəs. Cf. Tagalog pigis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: per‧res
• (Ilocos Norte) IPA^(key): /pɛrˈrɛs/
• (Ilocos Sur) IPA^(key): /pɯrˈrɯs/

Noun

perrés

1. citrus fruit (generic term)

Related terms

• persen

References

• Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000) Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎^[1] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 454