asawa

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. spouse; wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. wife

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/ [ʔɐˈs̪a.wɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa

asáwa (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜏ)

1. wife

   Coordinate term: bana

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:asawa.

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. kind of dark-colored fruit that grows on trees

• malinganay

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. spouse

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔɐˈsawa]

asawa

1. husband; wife; spouse
2. one of a pair
3. pendant

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/ [ʔʌˈsaː.wʌ]
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈhawa/ [ʔʌˈhaː.wʌ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧wa

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of asaua

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. spouse

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. spouse, wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

• IPA^(key): /aˈsawa/, [aˈsa.wa]
• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

• asaua — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa (cf. Sakizaya acawa). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Arabic زَوْج (zawj, “spouse”) according to Lendoyro (1902), but Potet (2014) disagrees.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/ [ʔɐˈsaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧wa

asawa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜏ)

1. spouse

   Synonyms: kabiyak, kabiyak ng dibdib, kahati, kapilas ng puso, karugtong ng buhay, kataling-puso

2. (by extension) husband

   Synonyms: esposo, bana, (colloquial) mister

3. (by extension) wife

   Synonyms: maybahay, esposa, (colloquial) misis, (slang) kumander

• “asawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 202
• Lendoyro, Constantino (1902) The Tagalog Language: A Comprehensive Grammatical Treatise Adapted to Self-instruction and Particularly Designed for Use of Those Engaged in Government Service Or in Business Or Trade in the Philippines‎^[1], "El Mercantil
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qasawa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔasawa/ [ʔɑ.saˈwɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧wa

asawa (Sulat Sūg spelling اَسَوَ)

1. wife

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife