awat

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧wat
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawat/

Noun

awat

  1. abaca fibre

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog awat.

Verb

áwat

  1. to break up a fight; to separate people involved in a quarrel

Hiligaynon

Noun

awát

  1. occupation, work

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.wat/

Adverb

awat

  1. (obsolete) why

Synonyms


Kedah Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awat/

Adverb

awat

  1. Why, what is the reason
    Awat la yang Tok hang tu suka dok berletiaq sangat . Hang tak ghasa ghimaih ka?
    Why does your grandma always nag. Don't you feel, like, really annoyed?

Rayón Zoque

Noun

awat

  1. louse

References

  • Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 4

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Adjective

awat

  1. long (having great duration): extended, lengthy, prolonged

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *awat.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧wat
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔawat/, [ˈʔa.wɐt] (noun)
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈwat/, [ʔɐˈwat] (adjective)

Noun

awat

  1. breaking up of a fight
  2. weaning (of a baby or young animal)
  3. reducing or putting out a fire in a stove

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: awat

Adjective

awát

  1. broken up; pacified (of a fight)
  2. weaned (of a baby or young animal)
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