pawikan

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Noun

pawikan

1. sea turtle

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈwikan/ [pɐˈwi.kɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: pa‧wi‧kan
• Rhymes: -ikan

Noun

pawikan (Badlit spelling ᜉᜏᜒᜃᜈ᜔)

1. sea turtle
2. (slang) penis

Derived terms

• ulo sa pawikan

Cuyunon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Noun

pawikan

1. sea turtle

Pangasinan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pawíkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈwikan/, [paˈwɪ.kan]
• Hyphenation: pa‧wi‧kan

Noun

pawikan

1. sea turtle

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pauican, pavycan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *pawíkan. Compare Bikol Central pawikan, Cebuano pawikan, Sangir puikang, Tombulu puikan, Tontemboan poikan and Tausug payukan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈwikan/ [pɐˈwiː.xɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ikan
• Syllabification: pa‧wi‧kan

Noun

pawikan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜏᜒᜃᜈ᜔)

1. sea turtle

Derived terms

• pawi-pawikan

 

See also

• pagong
• pahas

 

Further reading

• “pawikan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 581: “Tortuga) Pavycan (pp) grande”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pawíkan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI