agwasa
التعريفات والمعاني
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
aguwasa — superseded, pre-2014
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish aguaza (“fluid; sap”), from Vulgar Latin *aquacea.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡˈwasa/ [ʔɐɡˈwaː.sɐ]
Rhymes: -asa
Syllabification: ag‧wa‧sa
=== Noun ===
agwasa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜐ)
trickle of liquid
Synonyms: patak, tulo, kayat
(medicine, pathology) pus
Synonym: nana
(ophthalmology) aqueous humour
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==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“agwasa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“agwasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 18