hawak

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhawak/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawak/ (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: ha‧wak

háwak

1. (Naga, anatomy) body; torso

   Synonym: lawas

2. (botany) stalk of a plant; trunk of a tree

   Synonym: puon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak (“waist”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhawak/, [ˈha.wʌk]
• Hyphenation: ha‧wak

háwak

1. (anatomy) waist (body or clothing)

hawak

1. two

• hauac – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

• IPA^(key): /ˈhawak/, [ˈha.wɐk]
• Hyphenation: ha‧wak

hawak (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏᜃ᜔)

1. holding of something in one's hand

   Synonyms: tangan, pagtangan, pigil, pagpigil

2. act of holding on to something (to support oneself)

   Synonyms: kapit, pakapit

3. object held by one's hand
4. possession; ownership (of power, responsibility, etc.)

   Synonym: pagmamay-ari

5. act of taking a woman as one's common-law wife

hawak (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜏᜃ᜔)

1. held by the hand; in one's hand
2. in one's possession or responsibility

• “hawak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018