Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish Hawái or English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /haˈwaj/, [hɐˈwaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧way

Proper noun edit

Hawáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏᜌ᜔)

  1. Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Haway”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018