gawi

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡawi/

Noun

gawi (Bengali script গাৱি)

1. female
2. unmarried girl/woman

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧wi
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡawiʔ/ [ˈɡa.wiʔ]

Noun

gawì

1. action
2. manner

   Synonym: manera

Derived terms

• gawi-gawi

 

Gothic

Romanization

gawi

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹

Hiligaynon

Noun

gawi

1. conduct

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈwiʔ/ [ɡɐˈwiʔ], /ˈɡawiʔ/ [ˈɡaː.wɪʔ] (“habit; propensity”, noun; “accustomed, used to”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ, -awiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈwi/ [ɡɐˈwi] (“direction, way”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ga‧wi

Noun

gawî or gawì (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜒ)

1. habit; custom

   Synonyms: ugali, kaugalian

2. propensity; inclination; tendency

   Synonyms: hilig, pagkahilig

Derived terms

• gawiin
• kagawian
• kinagawian
• makagawian
• pagkagawian

 

Adjective

gawî or gawì (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜒ)

1. accustomed; used to

   Synonyms: sanay, hirati

Noun

gawí (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜏᜒ)

1. direction; way

   Synonyms: banda, dako, direksiyon

Derived terms

• gawing-hilaga
• gawing-kanluran
• gawing-kanluranin
• gawing-silangan
• gawing-silanganin
• gawing-timog
• gumawi
• igawi
• mapagawi

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• giwa, wagi, agiw

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.wi/

Verb

gawi

1. (stative) to be deserted, lonely (of a place)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gawi (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tigawi	migawi	agawi
2nd person		nigawi	figawi
3rd person	inanimate	igawi	digawi
	animate	magawi
imperative		—, gawi	—, gawi

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics