sawo
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧wo
Verb
sawo
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- sawu
Noun
sawo (plural sawo-sawo)
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈsawo/ [ˈsa.wo]
- Rhymes: -awo
- Hyphenation: sa‧wo
Etymology 1
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Alternative forms
- sawoh
Noun
sawo (Jawi spelling ساوو, plural sawo-sawo)
- any species of the Manilkara genus; sapota, naseberry
- a small sapota (Manilkara kauki)
- a Manila sapota (Manilkara zapota)
Adjective
sawo (Jawi spelling ساوو)
- ellipsis of sawo matang (“brownish color (usually of skin)”, literally “ripe sapota”)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- sawo matang (“tan skin”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Minangkabau sawo.
Alternative forms
Noun
sawo (Jawi spelling ساوو, plural sawo-sawo)
See also
Further reading
- “sawo” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sauo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sauq. Compare Kapampangan sau, Tausug sāw, and Malay sauh. Doublet of sao.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈsawoʔ/ [ˈsaː.woʔ]
- Rhymes: -awoʔ
- IPA(key): /ˈsawo/ [ˈsaː.wo] (obsolete)
- IPA(key): /ˈsawoʔ/ [ˈsaː.woʔ]
- Syllabification: sa‧wo
Noun
sawò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏᜓ) (nautical)
Further reading
- “sawo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018