gawa-gawa
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of gawa.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˌwaʔ ɡaˈwaʔ/ [ɡɐˌwaʔ ɡɐˈwaʔ], (with glottal stop elision) /ɡaˌwa(ʔ) ɡaˈwaʔ/ [ɡɐˌwaː ɡɐˈwaʔ]
- (with glottal stop elision)
Audio: (file) - Syllabification: ga‧wa-ga‧wa
Noun edit
gawâ-gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜄᜏ)
- fictitious story; fabricated story
- Puro kathang-isip at gawa-gawa ang mga isinusulat niyang kuwento.
- His writing comprises of fiction and fabricated stories.
Adjective edit
gawâ-gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜄᜏ)
- fictitious; fabricated; made-up
- Synonyms: imbento, imbensiyon, kathang-isip
- artificial