kawkaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kaw‧kaw

Verb

kawkaw

1. to paw
2. to loot

Noun

kawkaw

1. the Philippine frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kawˈkaw/, [kaʊ̯ˈxaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: kaw‧kaw

Noun

kawkáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏ᜔ᜃᜏ᜔)

1. act of submerging and moving one's hands on water or liquid inside a container

   Synonyms: sawsaw, dawdaw, kahok, kawok, lawlaw

2. act of barking of a dog at something unseen

Derived terms

• ikawkaw
• kawkawan
• kawkawin
• kumawkaw
• magkawkaw
• pagkawkaw

 

See also

• alulong
• kahol
• tahol