hangkaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hangcao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• hankaw — obsolete

Etymology

Said to be from Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haŋˈkaw/ [hɐŋˈkaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: hang‧kaw

Noun

hangkáw (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜅ᜔ᜃᜏ᜔)

1. long step not touching a barrier on the path

   Synonyms: lakdaw, hakdaw, dangkaw, laktaw, hakbang, lakbang, lakbaw, yagban, yangkaw

See also

• langkaw

 

Further reading

• “hangkaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 478
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 298.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier