tuwad

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare tuwang and tuwandos.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧wad

Verb

tuwad

  1. to bend over
  2. to overturn
  3. to turn over

Noun

tuwad

  1. a top snail (Trochus niloticus)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuad.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈad/ [ˈt̪wad̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: tu‧wad

Adjective

tuwád (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜇ᜔)

  1. bent or leaning down forward with the buttocks raised higher than one's head
  2. upside-down
    Synonym: tiwarik
Derived terms
  • ituwad
  • mapatuwad
  • matuwad
  • nakatuwad
  • pagtutuwaran
  • pagtuwad
  • patuwad
  • tumuwad
  • tuwad-tuwaran
  • tuwaran
See also

Noun

tuwád (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜇ᜔)

  1. act of bending or leaning down forward with the buttocks raised higher than one's head
    Synonym: pagtuwad
  2. (colloquial) complete defeat (in a game or contest)
    Synonyms: dapa, pagdapa
  3. (obsolete) act of tearing down something to the ground

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtuad/ [ˈt̪uː.ɐd̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -uad
  • Syllabification: tu‧wad

Noun

tuwad (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜇ᜔)

  1. (obsolete) act of pruning

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