bugaw
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buRaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧gaw
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɡau/, [ˈbuɡaʊ̯]
Noun
bugaw
- inducement
- (informal) a pimp; a pander
Derived terms
- bugawon
- magbugaw
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buRaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧gaw
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɡaw/, [ˈbu.ɡaʊ̯]
Noun
bugaw
- pimp; pander
Verb
bugaw
- to drive away; to shoo
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buRaw.
Verb
bugaw
- to drive away
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *buʀaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧gaw
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɡaw/, [ˈbu.ɣaʊ̯]
Noun
bugaw
- (colloquial) pimp; pander; procurer
- Synonyms: alkahuweta, alkagwete
- (colloquial) go-between in a courtship
- driving away; shooing (animals, people, etc.)
- Synonyms: aboy, pag-aaboy, taboy, pagtataboy
Derived terms
- bugawan
- bugawin
- bumugaw
- mambugaw
- pagbugaw
- pambugaw ng langaw