gawgaw
Hiligaynon
editNoun
editgawgaw
Sranan Tongo
editEtymology
editReduplication of gaw, or borrowed from the Dutch reduplication gauw gauw.
Adjective
editgawgaw
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPossibly from Chinese. Compare Bikol Central gawgaw, Hiligaynon gawgaw, and Waray-Waray gawgaw. See also Burmese ကော် (kau), and Chinese 膠/胶.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡawˈɡaw/ [ɡaʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aw
- Syllabification: gaw‧gaw
Noun
editgawgáw (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏ᜔ᜄᜏ᜔)
- starch made from plants or palms (especially cornstarch, but also those of cassava, arrowroot, etc.)
- Synonym: balinghoy
- laundry starch
- Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides)
- mixture obtained by stirring
Further reading
edit- “gawgaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon nouns
- Sranan Tongo reduplications
- Sranan Tongo lemmas
- Sranan Tongo adjectives
- Tagalog terms derived from Chinese
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aw
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aw/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script