aswang

aswang (plural aswangs)

1. shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology

• Gnawas

• Hyphenation: as‧wang
• IPA^(key): /ʔasˈwaŋ/, [ʔasˈwaŋ]

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aswáng

1. (folklore) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)

• Hyphenation: as‧wang
• IPA^(key): /ʔasˈwaŋ/, [ʔʌs̪ˈwaŋ]

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aswáng

1. (folklore) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)
2. (humorous, somewhat offensive) a person who acts or has the characteristics of an aswang

From taas + suwang. By rhyming.

aswáng

1. (humorous, somewhat offensive) someone who has an extended chin

   Synonym: babalu

aswáng

1. (folklore, mythology) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)

• asuang
• asuwang
• uswang

From Greater Central Philippine *aswang (“witch”). Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), and Malay ason (“evil spirit of the night”). See also Malay suangi. Possibly related to Sanskrit असुर (asura) +‎ -ng.

• Hyphenation: as‧wang
• IPA^(key): /ʔasˈwaŋ/, [ʔɐsˈwaŋ]

aswáng (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔)

1. (folklore, mythology) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)

• “aswang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018