tawag

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Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtawaɡ/, [ˈt̪a.wʌɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧wag

Verb[edit]

tawag

  1. to call

Derived terms[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaʀ. Compare Casiguran Dumagat Agta tawah, Ibaloi tawal, Cebuano tawag, and Tausug tawag.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtawaɡ/, [ˈta.wɐɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧wag

Noun[edit]

tawag (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜄ᜔)

  1. act of calling someone (by name or by signalling)
  2. act of calling on the telephone, telegram, etc.
    Synonyms: pagtelepono, pagtelegrama
  3. telephone call
    May tawag ka.
    You have a phone call.
  4. term; identifying name; what something is called
    Synonyms: katawagan, pangalan, ngalan
    Ano'ng tawag dito?
    What is the name for this?
  5. (law) call; summons
    Synonyms: patawag, pasundo
  6. roll call
    Synonym: pasalista
  7. banns (announcement of a forthcoming marriage)
    Synonym: tawag sa kasal
  8. announcement (as by a loud crier)
    Synonyms: bando, pagbabando
  9. doctor's call or visit (especially on request by someone)
    Synonyms: dalaw, pagdalaw, bisita, pagbisita
  10. fee for a doctor's call or visit
    Synonym: subida
  11. (cockfighting) announcement of the rate of betting (as by a tahor or a kristo)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Tausug[edit]

Verb[edit]

tawag

  1. to call
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