pawi-pawikan

Tagalog

Etymology

Partial reduplication of pawikan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌpawi paˈwikan/ [ˌpaː.wɪ pɐˈwiː.xɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ikan
• Syllabification: pa‧wi-pa‧wi‧kan

Noun

páwi-pawíkan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏᜒᜉᜏᜒᜃᜈ᜔)

1. waxflower (Hoya imbricata)

Further reading

• “pawi-pawikan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018