laiwan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• layuan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From laiw (“solitude; loneliness”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈʔiwan/ [lɐˈʔiː.wɐn]
• Rhymes: -iwan
• Syllabification: la‧i‧wan

Noun

laiwan (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜏᜈ᜔)

1. sad, melancholic, lonely place
2. (figurative) vagina

   Synonym: puke

See also

• mapanglaw

 

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier