bangaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ngaw
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋaw/, [ˈba.ŋaʊ̯]

Etymology 1

Compare langaw.

Noun

bangaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜅᜏ᜔)

1. buffet; party; feast

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

bangaw (Badlit spelling ᜊᜅᜏ᜔)

1. rainbow

Usage notes

• This is part of Cebuano–Tagalog false friends. The Tagalog definitions can be seen at bangaw#Tagalog.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bangaw.

Karao

Noun

bangaw

1. owl

   Synonym: angkop

Maranao

Noun

bangaw

1. buffet; food served at feasts; food for the public

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *baŋaw (“paddy bug”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋaw, from Proto-Austronesian *baŋaw.

Alternative forms

• bang͂ao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bangyaw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋaw/, [ˈba.ŋaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ngaw

Noun

bangaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅᜏ᜔)

1. blowfly
2. botfly; horsefly

   Synonym: niknik

Usage notes

• This is part of Tagalog–Cebuano false friends. The Cebuano definitions can be seen at bangaw#Cebuano.

See also

• langaw

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈŋaw/, [bɐˈŋaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ngaw

Adjective

bangáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅᜏ᜔)

1. Alternative form of bang-aw

Further reading

• “bangaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

From balangaw.

Noun

bāngaw

1. rainbow