anluwagi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

aluagui, anloague, anlouagui – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
alwagi, anlowage, anluagi, anluwage

Etymology

Compare Ilocano allawagi, Kapampangan anluagi, and Javanese undhagi.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: an‧lu‧wa‧gi

IPA^(key): /ʔanluˈaɡi/, [ʔɐnˈlwa.ɣɪ]

Noun

anluwagi (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜏᜄᜒ)

(literary) carpenter (especially of bamboo structures)
Synonyms: karpintero, panday-kahoy
- 1965, Rufino Alejandro, Salamin ng buhay: ikalawang taon, page 185:
  Kung ayaw po ninyong tanungin ang marami pang tao'y ang anluwagi na lamang na gumawa ng bahay na ito ang inyong kausapin.

Usage notes

This term is now generally used in literary works, and is displaced by the Spanish loanword karpintero colloquially.

Further reading

“anluwagi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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