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panuku

13/5/2017

 
[pʰanukʰu]

1. For a girl to push her partner at arm's length in dancing;
​2. Be hesitant to do something mainly due to rules of propriety.


Visayan – 16 million speakers – central and southern Philippines

The prestige dialect 'Cebuano-Visayan' is spoken only on the island of Cebu. However the label 'Cebuano' is often used to refer to the totality of Visayan dialects.

Source: Wolff, John U (1972). A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University.

Credit: Piers Kelly

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