lawaan
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]lawaan (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of lauan
Kinaray-a
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lawaan
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Philippine *lawaqan, analytically lawa + -an.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈwaʔan/ [lɐˈwaː.ʔɐn̪], /lawaˈʔan/ [lɐ.wɐˈʔan̪]
- Rhymes: -aʔan, -an
- Syllabification: la‧wa‧an
Noun
[edit]lawaan or lawaán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜀᜈ᜔)
- member of the Shorea species of rainforest trees
- Synonym: bayukan
- lauan (the wood from any of the trees of this species)
- small lake; lagoon
- Synonym: dagat-dagatan
Descendants
[edit]- English: lauan
Further reading
[edit]- “lawaan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- Kinaray-a terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms suffixed with -an
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔan
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔan/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Malvales order plants
- tl:Trees
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