gawi

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡawi/

Noun

gawi (Bengali script গাৱি)

1. female
2. unmarried girl/woman

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese gawé, inherited from Old Javanese gawe, gaway, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (“occupation”).

Verb

gawi

1. to work; to do; to act

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧wi
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡawiʔ/ [ˈɡa.wiʔ]

Noun

gawì

1. action
2. manner

   Synonym: manera

Derived terms

• gawi-gawi

Dharug

Alternative forms

• guuu-wi

Interjection

gawi

1. come here!

   Synonym: gawi bidya

Descendants

• → English: cooee, cooey, coo-ee

References

• Troy, Jakelin (2019) [1994], “gawi”, in The Sydney Language‎^[1], 2nd edition, Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 72
• Jeremy Macdonald Steele (December 2005) The Aboriginal Language of Sydney (Master of Arts (Research) thesis)‎^[2], Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies, Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sydney: Macquarie University, page 227

Further reading

• Dixon, R.M.W.; Ramson, W.S.; Thomas, Mandy (1990), Australian Aboriginal Words in English: their origin and meaning, Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 208

Gothic

Romanization

gawi

1. romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹

Nauo

Noun

gawi

1. water, rain

References

• “Nauo Wordlist”, in Mobile Language Team, (Can we date this quote?)

Hiligaynon

Noun

gawi

1. conduct

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• gaui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈwiʔ/ [ɡ̠ɐˈwɪʔ], /ˈɡawiʔ/ [ˈɡ̠aː.wɪʔ] (“habit; propensity”, noun; “accustomed, used to”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ, -awiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈwiʔ/ [ɡ̠ɐˈwɪʔ], /ɡaˈwi/ [ɡ̠ɐˈwɪ] (“direction, way”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ, -i
• Syllabification: ga‧wi

Noun

gawî or gawì (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜒ)

1. habit; custom

   Synonyms: ugali, kaugalian

2. propensity; inclination; tendency

   Synonyms: hilig, pagkahilig

Derived terms

• gawiin
• kagawian
• kinagawian
• makagawian
• pagkagawian

Adjective

gawî or gawì (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜒ)

1. accustomed; used to

   Synonyms: sanay, hirati

Noun

gawî or gawí (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜒ)

1. direction; way

   Synonyms: banda, dako, direksiyon

Derived terms

• gawing-hilaga
• gawing-kanluran
• gawing-kanluranin
• gawing-silangan
• gawing-silanganin
• gawing-timog
• gumawi
• igawi
• mapagawi

Further reading

• “gawi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• giwa, wagi, agiw

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.wi/

Verb

gawi

1. (stative) to be deserted, lonely (of a place)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gawi (stative verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tigawi	migawi	agawi
2nd person		nigawi	figawi
3rd person	inanimate	igawi	digawi
	animate	magawi
imperative		—, gawi	—, gawi

References

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics