nanghaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• nanghao, nanhau — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• nanhaw

Etymology

From an archaic apheretic completed aspect form of pumanghaw (“abounded in something”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naŋˈhaw/ [nɐŋˈhaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: nang‧haw

Noun

nangháw (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜅ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔) (obsolete)

1. thanks (an expression of gratitude)

   Synonyms: salamat, (obsolete) hawhaw

Usage notes

• The word was already obsolete by the 19th century.

See also

• hawhaw

 

Verb

nangháw (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜅ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔) (obsolete)

1. complete aspect of manghaw

   Synonym: pumanghaw

   Nanghaw ka ng pita mo?

   Did you get what you wanted?

Interjection

nangháw (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜅ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔) (obsolete)

1. An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given.

   Nanghaw, at namatay ang kaaway ko.

   I was glad because my rival died.

   (literally, “I got something good because my enemy died.”)

References

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila