tawag

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtawaɡ/ [ˈt̪a.wɐɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧wag

Verb

tawag

  1. to call

Derived terms

  • panawag
  • panawagan
  • talawagon
  • talawgon
  • tawag og ginikanan
  • tawag og nanay
  • tawag og tatay

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaʀ. Compare Casiguran Dumagat Agta tawah, Ibaloi tawal, Cebuano tawag, and Tausug tawag.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtawaɡ/ [ˈt̪aː.wɐɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -awaɡ
  • Syllabification: ta‧wag

Noun

tawag (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜄ᜔)

  1. act of calling someone (by name or by signalling)
  2. act of calling on the telephone, telegram, etc.
    Synonyms: pagtelepono, pagtelegrama
  3. telephone call
    May tawag ka.
    You have a phone call.
  4. term; identifying name; what something is called
    Synonyms: katawagan, pangalan, ngalan
    Ano'ng tawag dito?
    What is the name for this?
  5. (law) call; summons
    Synonyms: patawag, pasundo
  6. roll call
    Synonym: pasalista
  7. banns (announcement of a forthcoming marriage)
    Synonym: tawag sa kasal
  8. announcement (as by a loud crier)
    Synonyms: bando, pagbabando
  9. doctor's call or visit (especially on request by someone)
    Synonyms: dalaw, pagdalaw, bisita, pagbisita
  10. fee for a doctor's call or visit
    Synonym: subida
  11. (cockfighting) announcement of the rate of betting (as by a tahor or a kristo)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • tawag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Tausug

Alternative forms

  • tāg

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaʀ. Compare Casiguran Dumagat Agta tawah, Ibaloi tawal, Cebuano tawag, and Tagalog tawag.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /tawaɡ/ [t̪aˈwɑɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: ta‧wag

Verb

tawag (Sulat Sūg spelling تَوَݢْ)

  1. to call or ordering someone to come

Derived terms

  • magtatawag
  • magtawag
  • manawag
  • nagtawag
  • panawag-tawag
  • tawaga
  • tawagi
  • tawagun
  • timatawag
  • timawag
  • tiyatawag
  • tiyatawagan
  • tiyawag
  • tiyawagan
  • tumawag