ngiyaw

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋiaw (“meow of a cat”), possibly of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ŋiˈaw/ [ŋiˈjaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: ngi‧yaw

ngiyáw (Basahan spelling ᜅᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

1. meow

   Synonym: ingaw

ngiyaw

1. cat

   Synonym: posa

ngiyaw

1. cat

• ng̃iyao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋiaw (“meow of a cat”) of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Ilocano ngiaw (“meow”), Kankanaey ngiyaw (“cat”), Ibaloi ngiyaw (“cat”), Karao ngiyaw (“cat”), Bikol Central ngiyaw (“meow”), Cebuano ngiyaw (“meow”), and Malay ngiau (“meow”). See also Kapampangan ngeung, Hokkien 貓 / 猫 (niau, “cat”), and Japanese にゃあ (nyā).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ŋiˈaw/ [ˈŋjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ngi‧yaw

ngiyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

1. meow

   Synonym: ingaw

• “ngiyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋiaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI