bawi

See also: ba'wí

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi.

Noun

bawi

1. woman

Balinese

Romanization

bawi

1. Romanization of ᬩᬯᬶ

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bawiq (“to regain”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧wi
• IPA^(key): /ˈbawiʔ/ [ˈba.wɪʔ]

Verb

bawì

1. to take back; to regain possession of something
2. to abrogate

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bawi.

Hiligaynon

Verb

báwì

1. to redeem, deliver, set free, release, or liberate

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bawiq (“to regain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbawi/, [ˈbawi]
• Hyphenation: ba‧wi

Noun

bawi

1. redemption; regaining of what one has lost

Derived terms

• babawi
• bawien
• bumawi
• makabawi

 

Lai

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: baw‧i

Noun

bawi

1. lord, ruler

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbawi]

Noun

bawi (Lontara spelling ᨅᨓᨗ)

1. pig

Ngaju

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi.

Noun

bawi

1. woman

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbavi/

Noun

bawi (mutated form mbawi)

1. pig

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 31.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.wi/
• Rhymes: -wi
• Hyphenation: ba‧wi

Noun

bawi

1. pig, boar

   Synonyms: celeṅ, centĕn, sūkara, wök

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦧꦶ (babi)
• → Balinese: ᬩᬯᬶ (bawi)

Further reading

• "bawi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.vi/
• Rhymes: -avi
• Syllabification: ba‧wi

Verb

bawi

1. third-person singular present of bawić

Sangir

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

bawi

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bawiq (cf. Cebuano bawi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbawiʔ/ [ˈbaː.wɪʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -awiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /baˈwiʔ/ [bɐˈwiʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧wi

Noun

bawì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏᜒ)

1. retrieval; recovery (of one's property, health, etc.)
2. retraction (of one's words, commitment, etc.)

Derived terms

• amano't bawi, may hila pang kaunti
• bawian
• bawian ng buhay
• bawiin
• binawian ng buhay
• bumawi
• mabawi
• makabawi
• mambabawi
• pagbawi
• pagkabawi
• palabawi
• pamamawi

 

Adjective

bawî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜏᜒ)

1. retrieved; recovered

   Synonyms: nabawi, nakabawi

2. gotten even with

   Synonyms: amanos, nakaamanos

Further reading

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

Yakan

Noun

bawi

1. pig

   Synonym: eppol