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English
Noun
sakwa
- Alternative form of sakhua (“sal tree”)
Anagrams
Hopi
Adjective
sakwa
- sky blue; blue
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin saccus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsak.fa/
- Rhymes: -akfa
- Syllabification: sak‧wa
Noun
sakwa f (diminutive sakiewka)
- money bag (bag used for holding money)
- pannier, saddlebag (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal)
Declension
Further reading
- sakwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sakwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sakˈwa/,
- Hyphenation: sak‧wa
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 蕉葛 (chio-koah, “kudzu-hemp cloth woven from banana trunk fiber”), according to Manuel (1948).
Noun
sakwá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜏ)
- enlarged stump or trunk of a banana plant (from which the roots issue, usually cut into pieces and used as animal feed, especially pigs)
- Synonym: tinampayakan
Etymology 2
From Hokkien. Compare sakya.
Noun
sakwá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜏ)
- wooden clogs
- Synonyms: bakya, sakya, suwekos, pantukos
Further reading
- “sakwa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “sakwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1126.
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 48