kawayan

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧yan
  • IPA(key): /kaˈwajan/ [kaˈwa.jan̪]

Noun

kawáyan

  1. bamboo
    Synonyms: kalap, butong

References

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Noun

kawayan

  1. wood

References

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ka‧wa‧yan
  • IPA(key): /kaˈwajan/ [kɐˈwa.jɐn̪]

Noun

kawayan

  1. any grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe Bambuseae
  2. the wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kawayan.

Derived terms

References

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Noun

kawayan

  1. bamboo

References

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Noun

kawayan

  1. bamboo

References

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Noun

kawayan

  1. bamboo

References

Kapampangan

Noun

kawayan

  1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of kauayan

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Noun

kawayan

  1. bamboo

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1] Compare Kapampangan kuayan, Bikol Central kawayan, Cebuano kawayan, Tausug kayawan and Yami kawalan.

Pronunciation

Noun

kawayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. bamboo
Derived terms
See also

Adjective

kawayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. made of bamboo

Etymology 2

From kaway +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˌkaˈwajan/ [ˌkaːˈwaː.jɐn̪] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -ajan
    • IPA(key): /kawaˈjan/ [kɐ.wɐˈjan̪] (verb)
      • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ka‧wa‧yan

Noun

káwáyan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. simultaneous waving of hands
    Synonym: pagkakawayan
  2. act of waving hands at each other

Verb

kawayán (complete kinawayan, progressive kinakawayan, contemplative kakawayan, 2nd object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. to call someone by waving one's hand
  2. to wave one's hand at someone (as in bidding goodbye)
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for kawayan
affix -an
root word kaway
trigger object
aspect
infinitive
complete kinawayan
progressive kinakawayan
inakawayan1
contemplative kakawayan
akawayan1
imperative kawayi1

1 Dialectal use only.

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kawayan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

  • kawayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Noun

kawayan

  1. bamboo

References

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kawayan.[1]

Noun

kawayan

  1. bamboo

References