Wiktionary

kawatan

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

From kawat +‎ -an.

Pronunciation 1 edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˈwatan/, [kaˈwa.tan̪]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧tan

Noun edit

kawátan (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. a toy
    An paborito kong kawatan.
    My favorite toy.

Verb edit

kawátan (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. to play
See also edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧tan
  • IPA(key): /kawaˈtan/, [ka.waˈtan̪]

Noun edit

kawatán (Basahan spelling ᜃᜏᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. playground; playing ground or field
    Yaon sa kawatan an aki mi.
    Our child is at the playground.

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From kawat +‎ -an.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧tan
  • IPA(key): /kawaˈtan/, [kʌ.wʌˈt̪an̪]

Noun edit

kawatán

  1. robber; burglar; thief
  2. theft; burglary

Verb edit

kawatán

  1. to burglarize

Hypernyms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Tagalog: kawatan

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kawatan.

Hiligaynon edit

Etymology edit

From kawat +‎ -an.

Noun edit

kawatán

  1. thief; robber; burglar

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Cebuano kawatan (“thief”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kawaˈtan/, [kɐ.wɐˈtan] (noun)

  • IPA(key): /kaˈwatan/, [kɐˈwa.tɐn] (verb)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧tan

Noun edit

kawatán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. thief; burglar
    Synonyms: magnanakaw, (slang) dorobo
  2. robbery
    Synonym: nakawan

See also edit

Verb edit

kawatan (complete kinawatan, progressive kinakawatan, contemplative kakawatan, 2nd object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. to steal something from
    Synonyms: nakawan, pagnakawan

Conjugation edit

Verb conjugation for kawatan
Affix Root word Trigger
-an kawat object
Aspect Imperative
Infinitive Complete Progressive Contemplative
kawatan kinawatan kinakawatan
inakawatan1 		kakawatan
akawatan1 		kawati1
1 Dialectal use only.

Further reading edit

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

Waray-Waray edit

Etymology edit

From kawat +‎ -an.

Noun edit

kawatán

  1. thief; robber; looter; brigand
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