kuwako

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Said to be from Chinese. Compare Ilocano suako, Northern Kankanay kowako (“pipe”), Cebuano kuwako, and Tausug kuwakuꞌ. See also Mexican Spanish chacuaco (“chimney; furnace; cigarette butt”) as in fumar como chacuaco (“smoking excessively”, literally “fuming like a chimney”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈako/ [ˈkwaː.xo]
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Syllabification: ku‧wa‧ko

Noun

kuwako (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜃᜓ)

  1. tobacco pipe; cigar pipe

Descendants

  • → Hanunoo: kuwako

See also

Further reading

  • “kuwako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 106
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