ungmaasawa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ongmaasaua, ungmaasaua — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From ungm- +‎ asawa with initial reduplication.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuŋmaʔaˈsawa/ [ʔʊŋ.mɐ.ʔɐˈsaː.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: ung‧ma‧a‧sa‧wa

Noun

ungmaasawa (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜅ᜔ᜋᜀᜐᜏ) (obsolete)

1. groom; bridegroom

   Synonyms: nobyo, nangangasawa

See also

• napaaasawa

 

Verb

ungmaasawa (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜅ᜔ᜋᜀᜐᜏ) (obsolete)

1. progressive aspect of umasawa
2. Obsolete form of umaasawa.

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 446: “Nouio) Vngmaaſava (pp) hombre reçien caſado, o q̃ actualmente ſe caſa por palabras de preſente, yari ang vngmaaſava? eſte es el nouio? ſalen de aſava eſte y los dos ſiguientes.”