puwing
Tagalog
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliŋ (“foreign object in the eye”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano puling, Kapampangan puling, Bikol Central puling, Cebuano puling, Maranao poling, and Tausug puling.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /puˈiŋ/ [ˈpwiŋ]
- Rhymes: -iŋ
- (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpuiŋ/ [ˈpuː.ɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -uiŋ
- Syllabification: pu‧wing
Noun
editpuwíng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜅ᜔)
- foreign body, usually dust, in the eye
- contradiction, denial, or repudiation of someone's statement, thereby causing confusion
Derived terms
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- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iŋ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uiŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uiŋ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script