kawalo

Cebuano

Etymology

From makawalo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧lo

Adverb

kawalo

  1. short for makawalo

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kawaˈlo/ [k̠ʌ.wʌˈlo]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /kawaˈro/ [k̠ʌ.wʌˈro]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ka‧wa‧lo

Noun

kawaló

  1. (money, archaic) six centavos

Synonyms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1982), “kawaló”, in “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies[1], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 101
  • Allen, Larry (2021), “kawaló”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Ponosakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo with lleísmo present (then spelled as cavallo in Early Modern Spanish), from Late Latin caballus. Cognate with Tontemboan kawayo, Tagalog kabayo, Ilocano kabalio.

Noun

kawalo

  1. horse

Further reading

  • "kawalo" in Niemann, G. K. (1870), “Mededeelingen Omtrent de Alfoersche Taal van Noord-Oost Celebes. I. Vergelijkende Woordenlijst (Vervolg)”, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië[2], volume 17, →JSTOR, pages 69–214