sawsaw

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sawsáw (“to dip in liquid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsawsaw/ [ˈsaʊ̯.saʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: saw‧saw

Noun

sáwsáw (Basahan spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔)

1. rinse, wash (for rice before boiling, pebbles, shells, etc.)
2. flush (with clear water)
3. defeating an opponent with a higher advantage in score

Derived terms

• magsawsaw
• sawsawan

 

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sawsáw ("to dip in liquid").

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: saw‧saw
• IPA^(key): /ˈsawsaw/ [ˈs̪aʊ̯.s̪ɐʊ̯]

Verb

sawsaw

1. to dip

Noun

sawsaw

1. a dip; a sauce for dipping

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• saosao — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *sawsáw (“to dip in liquid”). Compare Cebuano sawsaw. For the sense “meddling”, compare Spanish salsear (“to meddle; to gossip”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sawˈsaw/ [saʊ̯ˈsaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: saw‧saw

Noun

sawsáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔)

1. dipping into water (as of one's limbs, etc.)
2. dipping of food (into a sauce, etc.)
3. (figurative, colloquial) meddling

Derived terms

• isawsaw
• magsawsaw
• magsawsawan
• makisawsaw
• mapasawsaw
• masawsaw
• pagsasawsaw
• sawsaw-suka
• sawsawan
• sawsawero

 

Further reading

• “sawsaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sawsáw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI