kabuoang-katawan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From kabuoan +‎ -g- +‎ katawan, literally wholeness of the body.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kabuʔoˌʔaŋ kataˈwan/ [kɐ.bʊ.ʔoˌʔaŋ kɐ.t̪ɐˈwan̪]
  • (now dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) IPA(key): /kabuˌʔoʔaŋ kataˈwan/ [kɐ.bʊˌʔoː.ʔɐŋ kɐ.t̪ɐˈwan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ka‧bu‧o‧ang-ka‧ta‧wan

Noun

kabuoáng-katawán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜂᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜏᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. virginity of a man or a woman
    Synonyms: pagkabirhen, birhinidad
  • buo pang katawan

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