kuwidaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kwidaw
• k'widaw

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuidao, pronunciation spelling of cuidado (“beware”) with elision of intervocalic /ð/ (cf. matsakaw).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuiˈdaw/, [kwɪˈdaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ku‧wi‧daw

Interjection

kuwidáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜇᜏ᜔) (slang)

1. watch out! beware!

   Synonym: ingat

Further reading

• “kuwidaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 79