lawlaw

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: law‧law

Noun

lawlaw

  1. dried salted sardine

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “reduplication; compare lawman”)

Noun

lawlaw

  1. craziness

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 落落 (làu-làu, “loose”), according to Manuel (1948)[1], or possibly a reduplication of Hokkien 老 (lāu, “old”) according to Chan-Yap (1980)[2]. However, Zorc (1985) disagrees and offers a more native etymon[3]. Compare Cebuano lawlaw and Kapampangan lolo.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: law‧law
  • IPA(key): /lawˈlaw/, [laʊ̯ˈlaʊ̯]

Adjective

lawláw

  1. dangling; sagging; hanging down; hanging loose
    Synonyms: nakalawlaw, laylay, nakalaylay, luslos, nakaluslos

Noun

lawláw

  1. condition of dangling, hanging down, or being too long
    Synonyms: haba, kahabaan
  2. portion dangling, hanging down, or being too long
    Synonym: haba
Derived terms
  • ilawlaw
  • lawlawan
  • lumawlaw
  • malawlaw
  • nakalawlaw
See also

Etymology 2

Compare banlaw.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: law‧law
  • IPA(key): /lawˈlaw/, [laʊ̯ˈlaʊ̯]

Adjective

lawláw

  1. stirred up making it dirty (of water or liquid)
    Synonym: labusaw
Derived terms
  • lawlawan
  • lawlawin
  • maglawlaw

Noun

lawláw

  1. act of stirring playfully with one's hands or feet (of water or another liquid)
    Synonyms: kawkaw, pagkawkaw, labusaw, paglabusaw

Etymology 3

Compare Ilocano lawlaw, Cebuano lawlaw, Waray-Waray lawlaw.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: law‧law
  • IPA(key): /ˈlawlaw/, [ˈlaʊ̯.laʊ̯]

Noun

lawlaw

  1. a species of sardine or herring (of family Clupeidae)

References
  1. Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 35
  2. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 130
  3. Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 209

Waray-Waray

Noun

lawláw

  1. salted fish
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