vaovao

Malagasy

Etymology

Reduplication of vao, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Cognate with Indonesian baru.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vao‧vao
• (careful speech) IPA^(key): /ˌvawˈvaw/

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• (fast speech) IPA^(key): /ˌvoˈvo/

Adjective

vaovao

1. new

Noun

vaovao

1. news
2. information
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (literature) short story

Anagrams

• voavao