kawalo

Cebuano

Etymology

From makawalo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧lo

Adverb

kawalo

  1. short for makawalo

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kawaˈlo/ [k̠ʌ.wʌˈlo]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /kawaˈro/ [k̠ʌ.wʌˈro]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ka‧wa‧lo

Noun

kawaló

  1. (money, archaic) six centavos

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of kawalo
Southern / Central
Mt. Province Sabangan kawalo,
(elderly) kawalo / kawaro
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province Sagada kawalo,
(elderly) kawalo / kawaro

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “kawaló”, in “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎[1], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 101
  • Allen, Larry (2021) “kawaló”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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