paiwa

See also: päiwä

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ iwa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈʔiwaʔ/ [pɐˈʔiː.wɐʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -iwaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /paʔiˈwaʔ/ [pɐ.ʔɪˈwaʔ] (adverb)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧i‧wa

Noun

paiwà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜏ)

1. (orthography) grave accent, used to indicate a final glottal stop

Adverb

paiwâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜁᜏ)

1. slantingly moving from left to right downward

Further reading

• “paiwa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “paiwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018