agwas

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish aguas, plural of agua (water).

Noun

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agwas

  1. water system, water supply

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀuas (young stage of mullet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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agwas or agwás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. squaretail mullet (Ellochelon vaigiensis)

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Further reading

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  • agwas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRuas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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