wagwag

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Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /waɡˈwaɡ/
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: wag‧wag

Noun

wagwág

  1. act of removing a fish from an ugat trap
  2. act of shaking
  3. (by extension, colloquial) clothes bought at a wagwagan
  4. act of drilling or piercing holes
    Synonym: weswes

Derived terms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “wagwág”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 496

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *wagwág (“shake something vigorously (as a sack to remove the contents)”). The sense “clothes bought” is a semantic loan from Ilocano wagwag.

Noun

wagwág (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜄ᜔ᜏᜄ᜔)

  1. act of shaking something to rid it of things clinging on it (especially water, dust, etc.)
    Synonyms: pagpag, pagpapagpag
  2. (colloquial) clothes bought at a wagwagan
    Synonyms: ukay-ukay, ukay
    Mga wagwag lang 'tong mga damit ko.
    These clothes of mine are bought at a wagwagan.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *wagwág (“rice variety”).

Noun

wagwág (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜄ᜔ᜏᜄ᜔)

  1. variety of first-class rice

Further reading

  • “wagwag”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “wagwag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wagwág”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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