singaw
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Tagalog[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋ(ə)qaw (“vapor, steam”). Compare Ilocano sengngaw, Bikol Central sangaw, Maranao sengaw, Tausug sungaw, and Malay sengau.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
singáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅᜏ᜔)
- vapor; steam (from boiling water)
- fumes; (from a machine, etc.)
- evaporation of vapor from the ground
- waft; puff of air
- leakage of air or gas (as from an airtight container)
- (pathology) inflamed sores (on corners of one's lips)
- (pathology) skin eruptions (such as rashes, prickly heat, and other skin diseases)
- Synonym: bukal
- (botany) growth of moss, lichen, fungi, etc.
- (botany) fungus or other similar plants
- (figurative) original traits (of the youth, etc.)
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Further reading[edit]
- “singaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*seŋ(e)qaw”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary