utaw

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 熨斗 (ut-táu, “an iron (for pressing clothes)”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utaw

1. a smoothing iron; an iron (for pressing clothes)

   Synonym: plantsa

Verb

utaw

1. to iron out

Derived terms

• inutaw
• inutawan
• mangutaw
• pag-utaw
• pangutaw
• tig-utaw
• tigpautaw
• ulutawan
• utawan
• utawan nga kinabayu
• utawanan
• utawon
• utawonon

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆／乌豆 (o͘-tāu, “(black) soybean”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utaw

1. soybean

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.

Noun

utaw

1. person

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆／乌豆 (o͘-tāu, “(black) soybean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔutaw/, [ˈʔu.taʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utaw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)

1. soybean

Etymology 2

From tao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈtaw/, [ʔʊˈtaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: u‧taw

Noun

utáw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)

1. (slang) man; person

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 151