agaw

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧gaw

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Cebuano ig-agaw.

Noun[edit]

agaw

  1. a cousin
  2. a form of address to a cousin

Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from agawon.

Noun[edit]

agaw

  1. an amiable form of address to a stranger

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Bikol Central agaw, Cebuano agaw, and Maranao agaw. See also kayaw.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. snatch; sudden seizure
    Synonyms: daklot, sunggab, haklot, hablot, haklit, (obsolete) kayaw
  2. usurpation; illegal seizure (of position, property, etc.)
    Synonyms: samsam, ilit, kamkam
  3. interpolation (in conversation)
    Synonyms: agaw-sabi, abat, sabat
  4. (colloquial) act of saving someone from death
  5. (botany) cypress vine
  6. (basketball) steal
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Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. hot ashes wrapped in cloth to induce hemorrhage in parturition
    Synonyms: padugo, pampadugo

Further reading[edit]

  • “agaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qaRaw”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Yogad[edit]

Noun[edit]

agaw

  1. ginger

Noun[edit]

agáw

  1. day
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