kanaw
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- canao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈnaw/ [kɐˈn̪aʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aw
- Syllabification: ka‧naw
Adjective
kanáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜏ᜔)
- diluted or dissolved (as of a powdered substance in a liquid)
- Synonym: malabnaw
- (now chiefly dialectal) stirring; mixing (of liquid)
- (obsolete) beating of eggs
Derived terms
- ikanaw
- kanawin
- kumanaw
- magkanaw
- pagkanaw
See also
Further reading
- “kanaw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 105: “Batir) Canao [(pc)] L. guevos”