tumaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧maw

Etymology 1

Compare gimaw.

Verb

tumaw

1. to emerge
2. to turn up; to show up; to appear sudenly or unexpectedly

Etymology 2

From older tumao.

Noun

tumaw

1. (historical) the nobility; the descendants of a datu

Quotations

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