hawak

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Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhawak/, [ˈha.wak]
  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawak/, [ˈʔa.wak] (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wak

Noun[edit]

háwak (Basahan spelling ᜑᜏᜃ᜔) (Naga)

  1. (anatomy) body; torso
    Synonym: lawas
  2. corpse, cadaver (usually intact after death)
    Synonyms: bangkay, gadan
  3. (botany, uncommon) stalk of a plant; trunk of a tree
    Synonym: puon

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhawak/, [ˈha.wʌk]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wak

Noun[edit]

hawak (Badlit spelling ᜑᜏᜃ᜔)

  1. (anatomy) waist (body or clothing)

Derived terms[edit]

Hiligaynon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhawak/, [ˈha.wak]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧wak

Noun[edit]

hawak

  1. (anatomy) waist (body part)
    Synonyms: ubit, ulubitan

Derived terms[edit]

Kinaray-a[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhawak/, [ˈha.wak]

Noun[edit]

hawak

  1. (anatomy) waist (body part)
    Synonyms: ubit, urubitan

Derived terms[edit]

Kumeyaay[edit]

Adjective[edit]

hawak

  1. two

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hawak (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏᜃ᜔)

  1. holding of something in one's hand
    Synonyms: tangan, pagtangan, pigil, pagpigil
  2. act of holding on to something (to support oneself)
    Synonyms: kapit, pakapit
  3. object held by one's hand
  4. possession; ownership (of power, responsibility, etc.)
    Synonym: pagmamay-ari
  5. act of taking a woman as one's common-law wife

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Adjective[edit]

hawak (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏᜃ᜔)

  1. held by the hand; in one's hand
  2. in one's possession or responsibility

Further reading[edit]

  • “hawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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