yawe

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish llave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”).

Noun

yawe

1. key

Swahili

Verb

yawe

1. ji-ma class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative of -wa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• yaui, yavi, yavy — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• yawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish llave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of liyabe, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjawe/ [ˈjaː.wɛ]
• Rhymes: -awe
• Syllabification: ya‧we

Noun

yawe (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜏᜒ) (uncommon)

1. key

   Synonyms: susi, liyabe

Derived terms

• magyawe
• yawihan

 

Further reading

• “yawe”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “yawe”, 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 397: “Llaue) [Yavi] (pp) cualquiera queſea”
  • page 613: “Zerrar) [Yavi] (pp) C. con llaue”

Wandala

Alternative forms

• jawe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

yàwè

1. water

References

• Topics in Chadic linguistics 3, volume 3 (2007)