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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɡaw/
- Hyphenation: bu‧gaw
Noun
búgaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜏ᜔)
- a pimp; a pander
- inducement, act of driving away people or animals
- Synonym: halaw
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧gaw
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɡaw/
Noun
bugaw
- pimp; pander
Verb
bugaw
- to drive away; to shoo
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buRaw.
Verb
bugaw
- to drive away
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw. Compare Kapampangan buyaw, Bikol Central bugaw, Cebuano bugaw, Maranao bogaw, and Malay buru.
Pronunciation
Noun
bugaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜏ᜔)
- driving away; shooing (animals, people, etc.)
- Synonyms: aboy, pag-aaboy, taboy, pagtataboy
- (colloquial) go-between in a courtship
- Synonyms: tulay, tagapamagitan
- (colloquial) pimp; pander; procurer
- Synonyms: alkahuwete, kuwekong, tita-tita, kagon
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “bugaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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