alalawa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • anlalawa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawaq. Doublet of lawa. Compare Bikol Central lawa, Butuanon lawa, Tausug lawa', Waray-Waray lawa and Malay labah-labah.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌʔalaˈlawaʔ/ [ˌʔaː.lɐˈlaː.wɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -awaʔ
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧la‧wa

Noun

álalawà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜎᜏ)

  1. (uncommon) spider
    Synonyms: gagamba, (uncommon) aranya
  2. spiderweb
    Synonym: bahay-gagamba

See also

Further reading

  • “alalawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lawaq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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