aw-aw

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === aw aw === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔawˈʔaw/ [ʔaʊ̯ˈʔaʊ̯] Rhymes: -aw Syllabification: aw-aw === Etymology 1 === Reduplication of aw (“sound of dog bark”). See also Proto-Austronesian *qawqaw (“to bark, of a dog”). ==== Noun ==== aw-áw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜀᜏ᜔) (colloquial) bark (of dogs) Synonyms: tahol, kahol (childish) dog; woof-woof; bow-wow Synonyms: aso, tsutso dog meat ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== aw-áw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜀᜏ᜔) (obsolete) shaking of clothes in water without wringing them ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “aw-aw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “aw-aw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qawqaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === wawa