asawa
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔʌˈs̪a.wʌ]
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:asawa.
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔɐˈsawa]
Derived terms
- agasawa
- agpaasawa
- apagas-asawa
- asawaen
- iasawa
- makiasawa
- mamagasawa
- mamangasawa
- mangasawa
- mangpaasawa
Pangasinan
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈsawa/, [aˈsa.wa]
- Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- asaua, asava — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa (cf. Sakizaya acawa). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Arabic زَوْج (zawj, “spouse”) according to Constantino Lendoyro (1902), but Jean-Paul Potet (2014) disagrees.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔɐˈsa.wɐ]
Noun
asawa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜏ)
- spouse; husband; wife
- Synonyms: kabiyak, kabiyak ng dibdib, kahati, (male) esposo, (female) esposa, (female, colloquial) misis, kapilas ng puso, karugtong ng buhay, kataling-puso
Derived terms
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