agaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: a‧gaw

Etymology 1

Compare Cebuano ig-agaw.

Noun

agaw

  1. a cousin
  2. a form of address to a cousin

Etymology 2

Back-formation from agawon.

Noun

agaw

  1. an amiable form of address to a stranger

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Bikol Central agaw, Cebuano agaw, and Maranao agaw. See also kayaw.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡaw/ [ˈʔa.ɣaʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aɡaw
  • Syllabification: a‧gaw

Noun

agaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. snatch; sudden seizure
    Synonyms: daklot, sunggab, haklot, hablot, haklit, (obsolete) kayaw
  2. usurpation; illegal seizure (of position, property, etc.)
    Synonyms: samsam, ilit, kamkam
  3. interpolation (in conversation)
    Synonyms: agaw-sabi, abat, sabat
  4. (colloquial) act of saving someone from death
  5. (botany) cypress vine
  6. (basketball) steal
Derived terms
  • agaw-bisa
  • agaw-buhay
  • agaw-dilim
  • agaw-lihi
  • agaw-liwanag
  • agaw-pansin
  • agaw-timbang
  • agaw-tulog
  • agawan
  • agawin
  • di-maabot-agawin
  • kaagaw
  • kaagaw-suso
  • maagaw
  • maagawan
  • mag-agawan
  • magpangagawan
  • makiagaw
  • makipag-agawan
  • makipag-agawan
  • mang-agaw
  • mangangagaw
  • pag-agaw
  • umagaw
See also

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡaw/ [ʔɐˈɣaʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: a‧gaw

Noun

agáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

  1. hot ashes wrapped in cloth to induce hemorrhage in parturition
    Synonyms: padugo, pampadugo

Further reading
  • “agaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qaRaw”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Yogad

Noun

agaw

  1. ginger

Noun

agáw

  1. day
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