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puthaw

Binukid edit

Noun edit

puthaw

  1. iron; steel; any hard metal

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Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hokkien 斧頭／斧头 (pú-thâu, “axe”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: put‧haw

Noun edit

puthaw

  1. iron
  2. metal

Higaonon edit

Noun edit

puthaw

  1. steel

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hokkien 斧頭／斧头 (pú-thâu, “axe”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: put‧haw
  • IPA(key): /putˈhaw/, [pʊtˈhaʊ̯]

Noun edit

putháw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

  1. hatchet; small axe
    Synonym: palathaw

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See also edit

References edit

  • “puthaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation‎[1], Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 103
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 46
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 143

Waray-Waray edit

Noun edit

putháw

  1. iron; steel
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