sawsaw

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sawsaw. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sawsaw, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sawsaw in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sawsaw you have here. The definition of the word sawsaw will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsawsaw, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sawsáw (“to dip in liquid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsawsaw/
  • Hyphenation: saw‧saw

Noun

sáwsáw (Basahan spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔)

  1. rinse, wash (for rice before boiling, pebbles, shells, etc.)
  2. flush (with clear water)
  3. defeating an opponent with a higher advantage in score

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sawsáw ("to dip in liquid").

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: saw‧saw
  • IPA(key): /ˈsawsaw/

Verb

sawsaw

  1. to dip

Noun

sawsaw

  1. a dip; a sauce for dipping

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sawsáw (“to dip in liquid”). Compare Cebuano sawsaw. For the sense “meddling”, compare Spanish salsear (“to meddle; to gossip”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sawsáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔)

  1. dipping into water (as of one's limbs, etc.)
  2. dipping of food (into a sauce, etc.)
  3. (figurative, colloquial) meddling

Derived terms

Further reading

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