laiwan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- layuan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From laiw (“solitude; loneliness”) + -an.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈʔiwan/ [lɐˈʔiː.wɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -iwan
- Syllabification: la‧i‧wan
Noun
laiwan (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜏᜈ᜔)
- sad, melancholic, lonely place
- (figurative) vagina
- Synonym: puke
See also
Further reading
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier