baway

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from earlier Kapampangan *bauay (modern Kapampangan baue), from Proto-Philippine *bawəʀ. Compare Ilocano baor and Hanunoo bawog. Doublet of bawig.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbawaj/ [ˈbaː.waɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -awaj
• Syllabification: ba‧way

Noun

baway (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏᜌ᜔)

1. fishing rod; fishing pole

   Synonyms: bawig, baliwasan, baliwasnan, (dialectal) baligwasan

Related terms

• pamingwit

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 145
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 44

Anagrams

• bayaw