kawing

English

Verb

kawing

1. present participle and gerund of kaw

Anagrams

• gawkin', waking

Hiligaynon

Noun

káwing

1. copulation

Verb

káwing

1. to copulate

Maranao

Etymology

From Malay kahwin, kawin.

Noun

kawing

1. wed, wedding

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cauing — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kawiŋ (“link in a chain; joined together, as links in a chain, people in sexual intercourse or marriage; hands joined in crossing pattern in circle dance”). See also Malay kahwin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈwiŋ/ [kɐˈwiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: ka‧wing

Noun

kawíng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜒᜅ᜔)

1. link of a chain
2. act of linking one thing to another (with a hook or link)

   Synonym: pagkakawing

3. state of being linked together (as parts of a chain)

Derived terms

• ikawing
• kawing-kawing
• kawing-kawingin
• kawingan
• kumawing
• magkakawing
• magkawing
• nakakawing
• pagkakawing
• pagkawing-kawing
• pagkawing-kawingin
• pagkawingin

 

See also

• anilyo
• kabit
• pagkakabit

 

References

• “kawing”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kawiŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• wangki