agawon

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Noun

agawon (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜏᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. dialectal form of agalon (“master, boss”)

Hanunoo

Etymology

From agaw +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡawun/ [ʔaˈɡa.won]
  • Rhymes: -awun
  • Syllabification: a‧ga‧won

Verb

agawon (complete inagaw, progressive pag-agawon, contemplative agawon, Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜯᜳᜨ᜴)

  1. to be grabbed at; to be snatched
  2. contemplative aspect of agawon

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 20
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