asawa
Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse; wife
Butuanon
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- wife
Capiznon
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- wife
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔʌˈs̪a.wʌ]
Noun
asawa
- wife
- Coordinate term: bana
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:asawa.
Dibabawon Manobo
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- wife
Dupaningan Agta
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- kind of dark-colored fruit that grows on trees
Synonyms
- malinganay
Eastern Bontoc
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse
Higaonon
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- wife
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔɐˈsawa]
Noun
asawa
- husband; wife; spouse
- one of a pair
- pendant
Derived terms
- agasawa
- agpaasawa
- apagas-asawa
- asawaen
- iasawa
- makiasawa
- mamagasawa
- mamangasawa
- mangasawa
- mangpaasawa
Kankanaey
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse; husband; wife
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- Súlat Wáwâ spelling of asaua
Limos Kalinga
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse, wife
Matigsalug Manobo
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse; husband; wife
Ratagnon
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse; husband; wife
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- asaua, asava, aſava – obsolete, Abecedario 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
- Synonym: esposo for male
- Synonym: esposa for female.
Derived terms
- mag-asawa
- magkapangasawahan
- mangasawa
- mapapangasawa
- may-asawa
- pag-aasawa
- pangangasawa
- papag-asawahin
References
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 202
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- wife
Waray-Waray
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.
Noun
asawa
- spouse; husband; wife