mawo

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• malo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧wo

Noun

mawo

1. (botany) the stamen

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Waray-Waray maro and Cebuano malo / mawo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmawoʔ/ [ˈmaː.woʔ]
• Rhymes: -awoʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧wo

Noun

mawò (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜏᜓ)

1. pollen

   Iniipon ng mga bubuyog sa kanilang panilan ang mawong galing sa mga bulaklak.

   Pollen from flowers is gathered by bees in their beehive.

Further reading

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