pantaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pan‧taw

Noun

pantaw

  1. a platform

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Chinese, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala by Fr. Noceda and Sanlucar, possibly from Hokkien 放數 / 放数 (pàng-siàu, to buy or sell on credit). See also Hokkien 便 (pân, advantageous) and Hokkien (tâu, to send).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /panˈtaw/ [pɐn̪ˈt̪aʊ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Syllabification: pan‧taw

Adjective

pantáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜏ᜔)

  1. on credit
    Synonyms: utang, alpiyado

Derived terms

  • magpantaw
  • mamantaw
  • pantawin
  • pumantaw

Noun

pantáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜏ᜔)

  1. take or give on credit
    Synonyms: utang, (obsolete) bala

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