agwas

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish aguas, plural of agua (“water”).

Noun

agwas

  1. water system, water supply

See also

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀuas (“young stage of mullet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡwas/ [ˈʔaɡ.wɐs], /ʔaɡˈwas/ [ʔɐɡˈwas]
  • Rhymes: -aɡwas, -as
  • Syllabification: ag‧was

Noun

agwas or agwás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜐ᜔)

  1. squaretail mullet (Ellochelon vaigiensis)

See also

Further reading

  • “agwas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRuas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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