agaw

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡaw/
  • Hyphenation: a‧gaw

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Might be related to agaw (“snatch, take away, usurp”); compare etymology of igsuon (“sibling”). The third sense may have been influenced by dialectal agawon (“boss, supervisor”).

Alternative forms

  • gaw — short form, vocative

Noun

agaw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. a cousin
  2. a form of address to a cousin, regardless if related by blood or through marriage
  3. an amiable form of address to a stranger

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away, usurp”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Bikol Central agaw, Tagalog agaw, and Maranao agaw.

Verb

agaw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. to take away from someone's possession; to usurp
    Synonym: ilog
Derived terms

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Tagalog agaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡaw/
  • Rhymes: -aɡaw
  • Syllabification: a‧gaw

Noun

agaw (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜯ᜴)

  1. grasping; grabbing at something

Derived terms

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 20
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Bikol Central agaw, Cebuano agaw, and Maranao agaw.

Pronunciation

Noun

agaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. snatch; sudden seizure
    Synonyms: daklot, sunggab, haklot, hablot, haklit, (obsolete) kayaw
  2. usurpation; illegal seizure (of position, property, etc.)
    Synonyms: samsam, ilit, kamkam
  3. interpolation (in conversation)
    Synonyms: agaw-sabi, abat, sabat
  4. (colloquial) act of saving someone from death
  5. (botany) cypress vine
  6. (basketball) steal
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

agáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. hot ashes wrapped in cloth to induce hemorrhage in parturition
    Synonyms: padugo, pampadugo

Further reading

  • “agaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

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Noun

agaw

  1. ginger

Noun

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  1. day
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