muwang

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mouang — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• muang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /muˈaŋ/ [ˈmwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: mu‧wang

Noun

muwáng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜏᜅ᜔)

1. knowledge; understanding; intelligence

   Synonyms: alam, batid, malay, kaalaman, kabatiran, kamalayan

   Anong muwang mo?

   What is your knowledge about it?

   • 1994, Al O. Santiago, Sining ng pagsasaling-wika: sa Filipino mula sa Ingles, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 198:

     Gaya ng nabanggit na, imposibleng makapagsalin ng tula ang isang walang muwang kahit man lamang sa "rudiments of poetry".

     Like the one mentioned, one who lacks knowledge cannot translate a poem, even the "rudiments of poetry".

Derived terms

• kamuwangan
• kinamuwangan
• walang-kamuwang-muwang
• walang-kinamuwangan
• walang-muwang

 

Further reading

• “muwang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “muwang”, 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