ligwan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- liguan (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *qali-ʀuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qani-ʀuan
Noun
ligwan
- A smaller species of honeybee
References
- Juan de Noceda; Pablo de Sanlucár (1613) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (in Spanish), published 1835