Sexmoán
See also: Sexmoan
Spanish
Etymology
Hispanicized form of Kapampangan sasmuan (“meeting place”). Spanish ⟨x⟩, then pronounced /ʃ/ in Early Modern Spanish period, became pronounced /ks/. The ⟨a⟩ transformed to ⟨e⟩ due to the Kapampangan schwa /ə/ sound.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Castilian) /seɡsmoˈan/ [seɣ̞z.moˈãn]
- Syllabification: Sex‧mo‧án
- IPA(key): (Early Modern Spanish) /seʃmoˈan/ [seʃ.moˈãn]
- Rhymes: -an
Proper noun
Sexmoán m
- former name for Sasmuan, a municipality of Pampanga, Philippines