kalaw

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Amis

Noun

kalaw

  1. (anatomy) eyebrow

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧law

Noun

kalaw

  1. the rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax)

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kaláw

  1. hornbill

Limos Kalinga

Noun

kalaw

  1. hornbill

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kalaw (“a bird, the hornbill”), from Proto-Austronesian *kalaw (“bird sp.”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kalaw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜏ᜔)

  1. a hornbill, especially of the species Buceros hydrocorax

Further reading

  • “kalaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kalaw₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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