gawa-gawa
Tagalog
editEtymology
editReduplication of gawa.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˌwaʔ ɡaˈwaʔ/ [ɡɐˌwaʔ ɡɐˈwaʔ]
Audio (with glottal stop elision): (file) - Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ga‧wa-ga‧wa
Noun
editgawâ-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
editgawâ-gawâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜄᜏ)
- fictitious; fabricated; made-up
- Synonyms: imbento, imbensiyon, kathang-isip
- artificial