Hanunoo

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Etymology

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Clipping of English mattress cover.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tiɾisˈkubiɾ/ [ti.ɾɪsˈku.bɪɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ubiɾ
  • Syllabification: ti‧ris‧ku‧bir

Noun

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tiriskubir (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜲᜮᜲᜰ᜴ᜣᜳᜪᜲᜮ᜴)

  1. mattress cover; mattress protector

Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 279