agaw

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡaw/ [ˈʔa.ɡɐʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: a‧gaw

Uncertain. Might be related to etymology 2; compare etymology of igsuon (“sibling”). The third sense may have been influenced by dialectal agawon (“boss, supervisor”).

• gaw — short form, vocative

agaw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

1. a cousin
2. a form of address to a cousin, regardless if related by blood or through marriage
3. an amiable form of address to a stranger

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away, usurp”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Central Bikol agaw, Tagalog agaw, and Maranao agaw.

agaw (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

1. to take away from someone's possession; to usurp

   Synonym: ilog

• agawan
• mangaagaw

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Tagalog agaw.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡaw/ [ˈʔa.ɡɐw]
• Rhymes: -aɡaw
• Syllabification: a‧gaw

agaw (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤᜯ᜴)

1. grasping; grabbing at something

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 20
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Central Bikol agaw, Cebuano agaw, and Maranao agaw.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡaw/ [ˈʔaː.ɣaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aɡaw
• Syllabification: a‧gaw

agaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

1. snatch; sudden seizure

   Synonyms: daklot, sunggab, haklot, hablot, haklit, (obsolete) kayaw

2. usurpation; illegal seizure (of position, property, etc.)

   Synonyms: samsam, ilit, kamkam

3. interpolation (in conversation)

   Synonyms: agaw-sabi, abat, sabat

4. (colloquial) act of saving someone from death
5. (botany) cypress vine
6. (basketball) steal

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡaw/ [ʔɐˈɣaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: a‧gaw

agáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔)

1. hot ashes wrapped in cloth to induce hemorrhage in parturition

   Synonyms: padugo, pampadugo

• “agaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• waag, gawa, agwa

agaw

1. ginger

agáw

1. day