kawad
Dibabawon Manobo edit
Noun edit
kawad
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compare Maranao kawat, Tausug kawat, and Malay kawat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kawad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜇ᜔)
- wire
- Synonym: alambre
- mga kawad ng koryente ― electrical wires
- (music, obsolete) chord; string (of a musical stringed instrument)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kawad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 40: “Alambre) Cavar (pp) hilo de [a laton] tirado”
- page 207: “Cuerda) Cavar (pp) de alambre en los monacordios o citaras”
Waray-Waray edit
Noun edit
kawad
Yogad edit
Noun edit
kawad