kuwago
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Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ku‧wa‧go
Noun[edit]
kuwagò
- Alternative form of kulago
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Philippine *kuláʀu with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano kullaaw, Pangasinan kulayot, Kapampangan kulayu, Bikol Central kuwaw, Cebuano kulago, and Maranao kolago. Doublet of kulago and kulayo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuwago (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜄᜓ)
- owl (especially the Philippine eagle owl)
- Synonym: paos
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Further reading[edit]
- “kuwago”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 494.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 386: “[Lechuça]) Covago (pp) ave conoçida q̃ anda de noche y aulla, tenian la por aguero y ſi ſepoſaba en los tejados la eſpantauan dando voçes, ſi haçian caſa nueua y ſepoſaua en ella antes deacaballa temian morirſe y aſi ponian vn eſpantajo [para que] noſe poſaſe, y noſe quitauan haſta acaballa”
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 106