utaw
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hokkien 熨斗 (ut-táu, “an iron (for pressing clothes)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈtaw/ [ʔʊˈt̪aʊ̯]
- Hyphenation: u‧taw
Noun
utáw (Badlit spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)
- a smoothing iron; an iron (for pressing clothes)
- Synonym: plantsa
Verb
utáw (Badlit spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)
Derived terms
- inutaw
- inutawan
- mangutaw
- pag-utaw
- pangutaw
- tig-utaw
- tigpautaw
- ulutawan
- utawan
- utawan nga kinabayu
- utawanan
- utawon
- utawonon
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆 / 乌豆 (o͘-tāu, “(black) soybean”). Compare Tagalog utaw. See also English black mongo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔutaw/ [ˈʔu.t̪ɐʊ̯]
- Hyphenation: u‧taw
Noun
útaw (Badlit spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)
Higaonon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau.
Noun
utaw
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hokkien 烏豆 / 乌豆 (o͘-tāu, “(black) soybean”). Compare Cebuano utaw. See also English black mongo.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔutaw/ [ˈʔuː.t̪aʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -utaw
- Syllabification: u‧taw
Noun
utaw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔)
Etymology 2
From backslang of tao.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈtaw/ [ʔʊˈt̪aʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aw
- Syllabification: u‧taw
Noun
utáw (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜏ᜔) (back slang)
Further reading
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 151