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Tagalog
Etymology
From sa- + diwa.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sariwà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜒᜏ)
- fresh (of vegetables, fish, meat, etc.)
- (by extension) green (of herbs)
- new; recent (of news)
- Synonym: bago
- cool and refreshing invigorating (of wind, etc.)
- Synonym: presko
- healthy; vigorous (of one's body)
Derived terms
Noun
sariwà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜒᜏ)
- freshness (of food, news, etc.)
- Synonym: kasariwaan
- act of keeping something fresh
- act of reinvigorating something (of trees, cured wounds, etc.)
- (figurative) reminding of something long-forgotten
- Synonyms: pagbuhay sa alaala, pagsariwa
Further reading
- “sariwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 75