kuwako

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kuako — obsolete
• sikwako

Etymology

Said to be from Chinese. Compare Ilocano suako, Northern Kankanay kowako (“pipe”), Cebuano kuwako, and Tausug kuwakuꞌ. See also Mexican Spanish chacuaco (“chimney; furnace; cigarette butt”) as in fumar como chacuaco (“smoking excessively”, literally “fuming like a chimney”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈako/ [ˈkwaː.xo]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ku‧wa‧ko

Noun

kuwako (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜃᜓ)

1. tobacco pipe; cigar pipe

Descendants

• → Hanunoo: kuwako

See also

• patupat
• pipa

Further reading

• “kuwako”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 106