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Eskayan

Eskayan adjective: of or relating to the Eskaya people of the Philippines.

Adjective

Eskayan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Eskaya people of the Philippines.

Proper noun

Eskayan

  1. An artificial auxiliary language used by the Eskaya people, based on Boholano but with a substituted lexicon.

Origin of Eskayan

From Eskaya + -an.

Questions about Eskayan

What does Eskayan mean?
Eskayan means of or relating to the Eskaya people of the Philippines.
What part of speech is Eskayan?
Eskayan can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Eskayan in the dictionary

  1. Eskaleut
  2. Eskaleutian
  3. Eskaleutic
  4. eskar
  5. eskars
  6. Eskayan
  7. Eskbank
  8. Eskdale
  9. Eskdale Green
  10. Eskdaleside
  11. Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby

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