bugaw

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡaw/ [ˈbu.ɡaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: bu‧gaw

búgaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜏ᜔)

1. a pimp; a pander
2. inducement, act of driving away people or animals

   Synonym: halaw

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw.

• Hyphenation: bu‧gaw
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡaw/ [ˈbu.ɡɐʊ̯]

bugaw

1. pimp; pander

bugaw

1. to drive away; to shoo

From Proto-Philippine *buRaw.

bugaw

1. to drive away

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw. Compare Kapampangan buyaw, Bikol Central bugaw, Cebuano bugaw, Maranao bogaw, and Malay buru.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɡaw/ [ˈbuː.ɣaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -uɡaw
• Syllabification: bu‧gaw

bugaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄᜏ᜔)

1. driving away; shooing (animals, people, etc.)

   Synonyms: aboy, pag-aaboy, taboy, pagtataboy

2. (colloquial) go-between in a courtship

   Synonyms: tulay, tagapamagitan

3. (colloquial) pimp; pander; procurer

   Synonyms: alkahuwete, kuwekong, tita-tita, kagon

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

• buwag