asawa

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; wife

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Capiznon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔɐˈs̪a.wɐ]

Noun

asawa

1. wife

   Coordinate term: bana

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:asawa.

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. kind of dark-colored fruit that grows on trees

Synonyms

• malinganay

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/, [ʔɐˈsawa]

Noun

asawa

1. husband; wife; spouse
2. one of a pair
3. pendant

Derived terms

• agasawa
• agpaasawa
• apagas-asawa
• asawaen
• iasawa
• makiasawa
• mamagasawa
• mamangasawa
• mangasawa
• mangpaasawa

 

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. Súlat Wáwâ spelling of asaua

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse, wife

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsawa/, [aˈsa.wa]
• Hyphenation: a‧sa‧wa

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asaua, asava — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa (cf. Sakizaya acawa). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Arabic زَوْج (zawj, “spouse”) according to Lendoyro (1902), but Potet (2014) disagrees.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsawa/ [ʔɐˈsaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧wa

Noun

asawa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜏ)

1. spouse; husband; wife

   Synonyms: kabiyak, kabiyak ng dibdib, kahati, (male) esposo, (female) esposa, (female, colloquial) misis, kapilas ng puso, karugtong ng buhay, kataling-puso

Derived terms

• jowa
• kaasawa
• mag-asawa
• mag-asawang kalapati
• magkapangasawahan
• mangasawa
• mapapangasawa
• may-asawa
• pag-aasawa
• pangangasawa
• papag-asawahin

 

References

• “asawa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 202
• Lendoyro, Constantino (1902) The Tagalog Language: A Comprehensive Grammatical Treatise Adapted to Self-instruction and Particularly Designed for Use of Those Engaged in Government Service Or in Business Or Trade in the Philippines‎^[1], "El Mercantil
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qasawa”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. wife

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

Noun

asawa

1. spouse; husband; wife