aw-aw

See also: aw aw

Tagalog

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔawˈʔaw/ [ʔaʊ̯ˈʔaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: aw-aw

Noun

aw-áw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜀᜏ᜔)

1. (colloquial) bark (of dogs)

   Synonyms: tahol, kahol

2. (childish) dog

   Synonyms: aso, tsutso

3. dog meat

Derived terms

• aw-awan
• umaw-aw

 

Further reading

• “aw-aw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qawqaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• wawa