wagas

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧gas
• IPA^(key): /waˈɡas/ [waˈɡas]

Adjective

wagás

1. scattered; dispersed

   Synonyms: warak, purak, wagwag

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧gas
• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɡas/ [ˈwa.ɡas]

Noun

wágas

1. gold mineral

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧gas
• IPA^(key): /waˈɡas/ [wɐˈɡas̪]

Adjective

wágas

1. precious

Noun

wágas

1. a gem
2. pure gold

Further reading

• “wagas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Central Dusun

Noun

wagas

1. rice

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: wa‧gas

Noun

wágas

1. methodology

Further reading

• “wagas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑː.ɡɑs/, [ˈwɑː.ɣɑs]

Noun

wāgas

1. nominative/accusative plural of wāg

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central wagas, Cebuano wagas, and Western Bukidnon Manobo wagas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /waˈɡas/ [wɐˈɣas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: wa‧gas

Adjective

wagás (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜄᜐ᜔)

1. pure

   Synonyms: dalisay, lantay, puro, busilak

   Wagas na pagmamahal ang iniuukol niya sa asawa.

   What he dedicated to his spouse is pure love.

2. sincere; genuine; true

   Synonyms: tunay, totoo, matapat

3. (colloquial) extreme; of excessive degree

   Synonyms: masyado, sobra, labis

   Wagas ang tawa mo sa biro ko.

   Your laugh towards my joke is extreme.

Derived terms

• kawagasan

Noun

wagás (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜄᜐ᜔)

1. (obsolete) a kind of gold with high purity; refined gold
2. (obsolete) gold dust; powdered or ground gold; shavings or small pieces of gold (or silver)

   Maraming wagas sa bulubulo mo?

   Do you have a lot of gold dust in your container?

Further reading

• “wagas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1373.
• 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
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 456: “Oro) Vagas (pc) en poluo o los pedacillos q̃ cortan liman y martillan labrandolo”
  • page 471: “Pedacillos) Vagas (pc) de oro o plata”

Anagrams

• agwas, sagwa