singaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sing̃ao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋ(ə)qaw (“vapor, steam”). Compare Ilocano sengngaw, Bikol Central sangaw, Maranao sengaw, Tausug sungaw, and Malay sengau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈŋaw/, [sɪˈŋaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: si‧ngaw

Noun

singáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅᜏ᜔)

1. vapor; steam (from boiling water)
2. fumes; (from a machine, etc.)
3. evaporation of vapor from the ground

   Synonyms: alimuom, alingasaw

4. waft; puff of air
5. leakage of air or gas (as from an airtight container)
6. (pathology) inflamed sores (on corners of one's lips)
7. (pathology) skin eruptions (such as rashes, prickly heat, and other skin diseases)

   Synonym: bukal

8. (botany) growth of moss, lichen, fungi, etc.
9. (botany) fungus or other similar plants
10. (figurative) original traits (of the youth, etc.)

Derived terms

• magpasingaw
• pasingawan
• pasingawin
• singaw-buhay
• singawan
• sumingaw

 

Further reading

• “singaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*seŋ(e)qaw”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary