galaw
Cebuano
Noun
galaw
- twig; small thin branches of trees or bushes
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Pangasinan galaw (“game; play”) with “joking” sense.
Pronunciation 1
- Hyphenation: ga‧law
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlaw/, [ɡɐˈlaʊ̯]
Noun
galáw
- movement; motion (of animate objects)
- Synonyms: kilos, kibo
- movement (of inanimate objects)
- Synonyms: uga, ugoy, yanig
- act of moving a thing from its place
- (colloquial) theft
- Synonyms: kupit, pagkupit, umit, pag-umit
- (Batangas, Marinduque) joking; teasing
- Synonyms: biro, tukso
Derived terms
- di-magagalaw
- galawan
- galawin
- gumalaw
- igalaw
- magalaw
- pagalawin
- paggalaw
Pronunciation 2
- Hyphenation: ga‧law
- IPA(key): /ˈɡalaw/, [ˈɡa.laʊ̯]
Noun
galaw
- (obsolete) doorkeeper; porter
- Synonyms: bantay-pinto, portero