lawaan
English
Noun
lawaan (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of lauan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- lauaan – obsolete
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *lawaqan, analytically lawa + -an.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧wa‧an
- IPA(key): /laˈwaʔan/, [lɐˈwa.ʔɐn]
- IPA(key): /lawaˈʔan/, [lɐ.wɐˈʔan]
Noun
lawaan or lawaán
- member of the Shorea species of rainforest trees
- Synonym: bayukan
- lauan (the wood from any of the trees of this species)
- small lake; lagoon
- Synonym: dagat-dagatan
Descendants
- English: lauan