awat

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧wat
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawat/

Noun

áwat

  1. Manila hemp (fiber of an abaca)
  2. (Naga) spider web, cobweb
    Synonym: sapot

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog awat.

Verb

áwat

  1. to break up a fight; to separate people involved in a quarrel

Hiligaynon

Verb

awát

  1. to annoy
  2. to delay or waste someone's time

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awat.

Pronunciation

Adverb

awat

  1. (obsolete) why

Synonyms

Kedah Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

awat

  1. Why, what is the reason
    Awat la yang Tok hang tu suka dok berletiaq sangat . Hang tak ghasa ghimaih ka?
    Why does your grandma always nag. Don't you feel, like, really annoyed?

Rayón Zoque

Noun

awat

  1. louse

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 4

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Adjective

awat

  1. long (having great duration): extended, lengthy, prolonged

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *awat.

Pronunciation

Noun

awat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜆ᜔)

  1. breaking up of a fight
  2. weaning (of a baby or young animal)
  3. reducing or putting out a fire in a stove

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: awat

Adjective

awát (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏᜆ᜔)

  1. broken up; pacified (of a fight)
  2. weaned (of a baby or young animal)

Anagrams

Yucatec Maya

Noun

awat (plural awatoʼob)

  1. a scream, a yell

Verb

awat

  1. to shout, to scream

Conjugation

References

  • Gómez Navarrete, Javier A. (2009) Diccionario Introductorio Español-Maya, Maya-Español (in Spanish), Chetumal: Universidad de Quintana Roo, archived from the original on 2010-10-11, pages 114-115:AWAT