bakaw

== English == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈkɔː/ Rhymes: -ɔː === Interjection === bakaw The cluck of a chicken. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bakaw. ==== Usage notes ==== Often used to indirectly call someone a chicken (coward). == Limos Kalinga == === Noun === bakaw corn == Maranao == === Noun === bakaw mangrove ==== Derived terms ==== bakawan === Verb === bakaw to control, to manipulate == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakəhaw (“mangrove”). Compare Cebuano bakhaw, Tausug bakkaw, and Malay bakau. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbakaw/ [ˈbaː.xaʊ̯] Rhymes: -akaw Syllabification: ba‧kaw ==== Noun ==== bakaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜏ᜔) (botany) loop-root mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata) Synonyms: bakawan, bangkaw, bakawang-babae Utania racemosa (a species of flowering plant used as snake bite antidote) Synonym: kabal ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbakaw/ [ˈbaː.xaʊ̯], /baˈkaw/ [bɐˈxaʊ̯] Rhymes: -akaw, -aw Syllabification: ba‧kaw ==== Noun ==== bakaw or bakáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜏ᜔) heron ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “bakaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakehaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI