sawo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sa‧wo

Verb

sawo

  1. to catch; to seize hold of
  2. to partake
  3. to share

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • sawu

Noun

sawo (plural sawo-sawo)

  1. sapodilla, chikoo

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

  • sawoh

Noun

sawo (Jawi spelling ساوو, plural sawo-sawo or sawo2)

  1. any species of the Manilkara genus; sapota, naseberry
    a small sapota (Manilkara kauki)
    a Manila sapota (Manilkara zapota)

Adjective

sawo (Jawi spelling ساوو, comparative lebih sawo, superlative paling sawo)

  1. ellipsis of sawo matang (brownish color (usually of skin), literally ripe sapota)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau sawo.

Alternative forms

Noun

sawo (Jawi spelling ساوو, plural sawo-sawo or sawo2)

  1. (zoology) python

See also

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

Adverb

sawo (not comparable)

  1. (Western Kraków, Częstochowa Voivodeship, Kielce, Słupia) alternative form of haw

Further reading

  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “sawo”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 245

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sauq. Compare Kapampangan sau, Tausug sāw, and Malay sauh. Doublet of sao.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsawoʔ/ [ˈsaː.woʔ]
      • Rhymes: -awoʔ
    • IPA(key): /ˈsawo/ [ˈsaː.wo] (obsolete)
  • Syllabification: sa‧wo

Noun

sawò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏᜓ) (nautical)

  1. anchor
    Synonyms: angkla, angkora, sinipete, sinipit, pasangit

Further reading

  • sawo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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