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Tagalog
Etymology
Commonly believed to be from univerbation of kung (“if”) + wari (“deliberation”). However, according to the Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), the word is from univerbation of kuno (“alleging”) + wari (“seemingly”) and therefore could be a syncopic form of earlier variant kunuwari. Compare Pangasinan kunwari and Kapampangan kanuari, kunuari.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kunwarì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜇᜒ)
- simulated; pretend; feigned; make believe; false; fictitious
- Synonyms: nagkukunwari, hindi totoo
Adverb
kunwarì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜇᜒ)
- as if; pretendingly; in a make believe way
- for instance; for example; as if; like
- Synonyms: halimbawa, kumbaga, parang
Noun
kunwarì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜇᜒ)
- feigning; simulation; pretense; bluff
- Synonyms: panggap, pagkukunwa, pagdadahilan, pagpapanggap
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kunwari”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “kunwari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 102
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 512.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 258: “Dizque) Conovari (pp) vt conovari,ay,ypagbibili.y. bago dile, dizque lo queria vender y yano quiere, conovari.y. ybibigay bago biro lamang, diz q̃ lo daria di, o uy fue burla, duo dic: cono, vari”
- page 342: “Haçerſe) Conovari (pc) de nueuas, nagpapaconovari. 5 ac. haçerſe de nueuas ſabien dolo ya, ypinagpapaconouari .2. P. aquello de que ſe haçe, mapagconovari. Ver. 3) hombre que ſaue haçerſe de nueuas, hovag cang , note hagas de nueuas, duo dic: cono, vari.”