kiyaw
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Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ki‧yaw
Noun[edit]
kiyaw
Plains Cree[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiyaw inan (plural kiyawa, Syllabics ᑭᔭᐤ)
References[edit]
- H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 16
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien, according to English (1987). Compare kiyaw-kiyaw.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiˈaw/ [ˈkjaʊ̯], /ˈkiaw/ [ˈki.aʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aw, -iaw
- Syllabification: ki‧yaw
Noun[edit]
kiyáw or kiyaw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔)
- wriggling movement (of worms, mosquito larvae, etc.)
- swarming; bustling; moving about (of a thick crowd of people)
- Synonym: kuto
- useless talk or fretting; ado; fuss
- Synonyms: kuskos-balungos, kiyaw-kiyaw
References[edit]
Categories:
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Starlings
- ceb:Perching birds
- Plains Cree terms with IPA pronunciation
- Plains Cree lemmas
- Plains Cree nouns
- Plains Cree inanimate nouns
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aw
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aw/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iaw
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iaw/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script