gawi

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡawi/

Noun

gawi (Bengali script গাৱি)

  1. female
  2. unmarried girl/woman

References

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦮꦺ (gawé), inherited from Old Javanese gawe, gaway, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gaway (occupation).

Verb

gawi

  1. to work, to do, to act

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gawì

  1. action
  2. manner
    Synonym: manera

Derived terms

  • gawi-gawi

Dharug

Alternative forms

Interjection

gawi

  1. come here!
    Synonym: gawi bidya

Descendants

  • English: cooee, cooey, coo-ee

References

  • Troy, Jakelin (2019) [1994], The Sydney Language[1], 2nd edition, Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 72
  • Jeremy Macdonald Steele (December 2005) The Aboriginal Language of Sydney (Master of Arts (Research) thesis)‎[2], Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies, Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sydney: Macquarie University, page 227

Further reading

  • R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, page 208

Gothic

Romanization

gawi

  1. romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹

Hiligaynon

Noun

gawi

  1. conduct

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ɡaˈwiʔ/ [ɡɐˈwɪʔ], /ˈɡawiʔ/ [ˈɡaː.wɪʔ] (habit; propensity, noun; accustomed, used to, adjective)
      • Rhymes: -iʔ, -awiʔ
    • IPA(key): /ɡaˈwi/ [ɡɐˈwɪ] (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

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[3], Pacific linguistics