anak sa liki nga kawayan
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- anak sa liking kawayan
Etymology
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
- Hyphenation: a‧nak‧sa‧li‧ki‧nga‧ka‧wa‧yan
Noun
anak sa liki nga kawayan
- (idiomatic) an illegitimate child; a child born out of wedlock
- (by extension) a child of unknown origin; an orphan