anluwagi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Ilocano allawagi, Kapampangan anluagi, Indonesian undagi, Balinese undagi, Javanese ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦒꦶ (undhagi), and Old Javanese uṇḍahagi / uṇḍagi. See also Pali vaḍḍhaki and Sanskrit वर्धकि (vardhaki).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔanluˈaɡi/ [ʔɐn̪ˈlwaː.ɣɪ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡi
  • Syllabification: an‧lu‧wa‧gi

Noun

anluwagi (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜏᜄᜒ) (now dialectal)

  1. carpenter (especially of bamboo or wooden structures or furniture)
    Synonyms: karpintero, panday-kahoy
    • 1965, Rufino Alejandro, Salamin ng buhay: ikalawang taon, page 185:
      Kung ayaw po ninyong tanungin ang marami pang tao'y ang anluwagi na lamang na gumawa ng bahay na ito ang inyong kausapin.
      If you do not like to ask more people, then just ask the carpenter who made this house.

Usage notes

  • This term is now generally used in literary works, and is displaced by the Spanish loanword karpintero.

Derived terms

  • kaanluwagihan
  • mag-anluwagi
  • pag-aanluwagi
  • pag-anluwagihan

See also

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