asawa

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; wife

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Capiznon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/ [ʔɐˈs̪a.wɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa

Noun

asáwa (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜏ)

1. wife

   Coordinate term: bana

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:asawa.

Derived terms

• asawa sa banig
• igpangaasawa
• mangalasawa
• paasawa
• pangalasaw-on
• pangasaw-onon
• pangasawa
• papangasawa

 

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. kind of dark-colored fruit that grows on trees

Synonyms

• malinganay

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔɐˈsawa]

Noun

asawa

1. husband; wife; spouse
2. one of a pair
3. pendant

Derived terms

• agasawa
• agpaasawa
• apagas-asawa
• asawaen
• iasawa
• makiasawa
• mamagasawa
• mamangasawa
• mangasawa
• mangpaasawa

 

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

• ahawa (Sabangan)

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/ [ʔʌˈsaː.wʌ]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ʔaˈhawa/ [ʔʌˈhaː.wʌ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧wa

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of asaua

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse, wife

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsawa/, [aˈsa.wa]
• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asaua, asava — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa (cf. Sakizaya acawa). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Arabic زَوْج (zawj, “spouse”) according to Lendoyro (1902), but Potet (2014) disagrees.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/ [ʔɐˈsaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧wa

Noun

asawa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜏ)

1. spouse; husband; wife

   Synonyms: kabiyak, kabiyak ng dibdib, kahati, (male) esposo, (female) esposa, (male, colloquial) mister, (female, colloquial) misis, (male) bana, kapilas ng puso, karugtong ng buhay, kataling-puso

Derived terms

• jowa
• kaasawa
• mag-asawa
• mag-asawang kalapati
• magkapangasawahan
• mangasawa
• mapapangasawa
• may-asawa
• pag-aasawa
• pangangasawa
• papag-asawahin

 

References

• “asawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 202
• Lendoyro, Constantino (1902) The Tagalog Language: A Comprehensive Grammatical Treatise Adapted to Self-instruction and Particularly Designed for Use of Those Engaged in Government Service Or in Business Or Trade in the Philippines‎^[1], "El Mercantil
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qasawa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔasawa/ [ʔɑ.saˈwɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧wa

Noun

asawa (Sulat Sūg spelling اَسَوَ)

1. wife

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife