lutaw

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *lətaw, from Proto-Central Philippine *lətaw, from Proto-Philippine *lətaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lətaw.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lu‧taw

Verb

lutaw

  1. to float, to cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density
  2. to be capable of floating
  3. to move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
  4. to drift gently through air
  5. to levitate

Tausug

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /lutaw/ [lʊˈt̪aw]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: lu‧taw

Noun

lutaw (Sulat Sūg spelling لُتَوْ)

  1. spirit of a dead person (forced because of his badness to return to earth as an evil-smelling, half decayed body), evil ghost
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