mayaw

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨟꨢꨥ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.jaʊ/

Noun

mayaw

1. cat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mayao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmajaw/ [ˈmaː.jaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -ajaw
• Syllabification: ma‧yaw

Noun

mayaw (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜏ᜔)

1. (archaic) harmony; arrangement; order

   Synonym: ayos

2. (neologism) cosmos

Derived terms

• dalubmayawan
• magkamayaw
• mulmayawan
• pagkakamayaw
• talamayawan

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈjaw/ [mɐˈjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: ma‧yaw

Verb

mayáw (complete nayaw, progressive nanayaw, contemplative aayaw, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜏ᜔) (obsolete)

1. Apheretic form of umayaw (infinitive)

References

• “mayaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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
• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL