kawad

kawad

1. large fish hook

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid, “rule, pattern”). Doublet of kawat and kaedah.

kawad (Jawi spelling کاود, plural kawad-kawad)

1. (Malaysia) row, file, line (of soldiers, troops)

   Synonyms: baris, barisan, kawat, nirai

berkawat

1. (Malaysia) to march in a single file or line

   Synonyms: berbaris, berkawat

• “kawad” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• cauad, cauar — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kawar — obsolete

Compare Maranao kawat, Tausug kawat, and Malay kawat.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkawad/ [ˈkaː.wɐd̪̚]
• Rhymes: -awad
• Syllabification: ka‧wad

kawad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜇ᜔)

1. wire

   Synonym: alambre

   mga kawad ng koryente ― electrical wires

2. (music, obsolete) chord; string (of a musical stringed instrument)

   Synonyms: bagting, kuwerdas

• “kawad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 40: “Alambre) Cavar (pp) hilo de [a laton] tirado”
  • page 207: “Cuerda) Cavar (pp) de alambre en los monacordios o citaras”

kawad

1. wire

kawad

1. chain