ngiyaw

== Central Bikol == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋiaw (“meow of a cat”), possibly of onomatopoeic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ŋiˈaw/ [ŋiˈjaʊ̯] Hyphenation: ngi‧yaw === Noun === ngiyáw (Basahan spelling ᜅᜒᜌᜏ᜔) meow Synonym: ingaw ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== == Karao == === Noun === ngiyaw cat Synonym: posa == Saisiyat == === Noun === ngiyaw cat == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === ng̃iyao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋiaw (“meow of a cat”) of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Ilocano ngiaw (“meow”), Kankanaey ngiyaw (“cat”), Ibaloi ngiyaw (“cat”), Karao ngiyaw (“cat”), Central Bikol ngiyaw (“meow”), Cebuano ngiyaw (“meow”), and Malay ngiau (“meow”). See also Kapampangan ngeung, Hokkien 貓 / 猫 (niau, “cat”), and Japanese にゃあ (nyā). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ŋiˈaw/ [ˈŋjaʊ̯] Rhymes: -aw Syllabification: ngi‧yaw === Noun === ngiyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜒᜌᜏ᜔) meow Synonym: ingaw ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ngiyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋiaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI