vaovao

Malagasy

Etymology

Reduplication of vao, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baqəʀuh. Cognate with Indonesian baru.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: vao‧vao
  • (careful speech) IPA(key): /ˌvawˈvaw/
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  • (fast speech) IPA(key): /ˌvoˈvo/

Adjective

vaovao

  1. new

Noun

vaovao

  1. news
  2. information
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (literature) short story

Anagrams

  • voavao