ligwan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- liguan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *qali-ʀuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qani-ʀuan. Compare Ilocano arinuan, Kapampangan anigguan, Cebuano ligwan, and Malay neruan. See also laywan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liɡˈwan/ [lɪɡˈwan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: lig‧wan
Noun
ligwán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔)
See also
References
- “ligwan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qani-Ruan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI