kunwari

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• conouari, conovari, conuari — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kunowari, kunuwari
• kunwa, kunowa, kunuwa
• kunware — colloquial
• kunyari, kungyari
• kunya
• kunyare — colloquial

Etymology

Commonly believed to be from univerbation of kung (“if”) +‎ wari (“deliberation”). However, according to the Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), the word is from univerbation of kuno (“alleging”) +‎ wari (“seemingly”) and therefore could be a syncopic form of earlier variant kunuwari. Compare Pangasinan kunwari and Kapampangan kanuari, kunuari.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kunˈwaɾiʔ/ [kʊn̪ˈwaː.ɾɪʔ], (colloquial) /kunˈwaɾeʔ/ [kʊn̪ˈwaː.ɾɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɾiʔ
• Syllabification: kun‧wa‧ri

Adjective

kunwarì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜇᜒ)

1. simulated; pretend; feigned; make believe; false; fictitious

   Synonyms: nagkukunwari, hindi totoo

Adverb

kunwarì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜇᜒ)

1. as if; pretendingly; in a make believe way
2. for instance; for example; as if; like

   Synonyms: halimbawa, kumbaga, parang

Noun

kunwarì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜇᜒ)

1. feigning; simulation; pretense; bluff

   Synonyms: panggap, pagkukunwa, pagdadahilan, pagpapanggap

Derived terms

• kunwa-kunwarian
• kunwarian
• magkunwari
• magpakunwari
• makakunwari
• makipagkunwari
• mapagkunwari
• nagkukunwari
• napakakunwari
• pagkakakunwari
• pagkakunwari
• pagkukunwari
• pagkunwarian
• pagpapakunwari
• pakikipagkunwari
• pakikipagkunwarian
• pakunwari
• pangkunwari
• tagakunwari

 

Further reading

• “kunwari”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kunwari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 102
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 512.
• 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 258: “Dizque) Conovari (pp) vt conovari,ay,ypagbibili.y. bago dile, dizque lo queria vender y yano quiere, conovari.y. ybibigay bago biro lamang, diz q̃ lo daria di, o uy fue burla, duo dic: cono, vari”
  • page 342: “Haçerſe) Conovari (pc) de nueuas, nagpapaconovari. 5 ac. haçerſe de nueuas ſabien dolo ya, ypinagpapaconouari .2. P. aquello de que ſe haçe, mapagconovari. Ver. 3) hombre que ſaue haçerſe de nueuas, hovag cang [magpaconovari], note hagas de nueuas, duo dic: cono, vari.”