uwaw

Cebuano

Adjective

uwaw

  1. (Metro Cebu) alternative form of ulaw

Hanunoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quhaw (“thirst”), from Proto-Austronesian *quSaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈwaw/ [ʔuˈɐw]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: u‧waw

Noun

uwáw (Hanunoo spelling ᜢᜯᜯ᜴)

  1. thirst

Derived terms

  • magkauwaw

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 59
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*quSaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Yogad

Noun

uwáw

  1. thirsty
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