kuwako

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === kuako — obsolete kwako — superseded, pre-2007 sikwako === Etymology === Said to be from Chinese. Compare Ilocano suako, Northern Kankanaey kowako (“pipe”), Cebuano kuwako, and Tausug kuwakuꞌ. See also Mexican Spanish chacuaco (“chimney; furnace; cigarette butt”) as in fumar como chacuaco (“smoking excessively”, literally “fuming like a chimney”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈako/ [ˈkwaː.xo] Rhymes: -ako Syllabification: ku‧wa‧ko === Noun === kuwako (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜃᜓ) tobacco pipe; cigar pipe ==== Descendants ==== → Hanunoo: kuwako ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “kuwako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 106