kuwan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- coan, couan – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuan (“to speak, talk”), or derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kua (“whatchamacallit”). Also possibly from Sanskrit क्व (kva, “somewhere”). Cognate with Ilocano kwa, kua, Cebuano kuan, Tausug kuwan, Karo Batak er-kuan (“to speak”), and Tontemboan kuan (“what is said or thought”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧wan
- IPA(key): /kuˈan/, [ˈkwan]
Noun
kuwán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜈ᜔)
- so-and-so, whatchamacallit (placeholder name for a person or thing)
Derived terms
- kumuwan
- magkuwan
- magpakuwan
- makikuwan
See also
Further reading
- “kuwan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 286
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